heads of government of the bahamas

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

width="20%"\|Tenure	width="30%"\|Incumbent	width="10%"\|Affiliation	width="25%"\|Notes
small>1955 to 1959	Roland Theodore Symonette, Chief Minister	UBP
small>1959 to 7 January 1964	Sir Roland Theodore Symonette, Prime Minister	UBP
olspan="4"\|Self-Government
small>7 January 1964 to 16 January 1967	Sir Roland Theodore Symonette, Prime Minister	UBP	nickname: Pop Symonette
small>16 January 1967 to 1969	Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister	PLP
olspan="4"\|The Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands
small>1969 to 10 July 1973	Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister	PLP
a href="/encyclopedia/10-July" title="10 July">10 July 1973	colspan="3"\|Independence as 'The Commonwealth of The Bahamas'
small>10 July 1973 to 1983	Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister	PLP
small>1983 to 21 August 1992	Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, Prime Minister	PLP
small>21 August 1992 to 3 May 2002	Hubert Alexander Ingraham, Prime Minister	FNM
small>3 May 2002 to present	Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister	PLP

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