Lashell Adderley
Bahamian lawyer and politician
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Julie Lashell Adderley (born 1968[1]) is a Bahamian lawyer and politician who has served as President of the Senate of the Bahamas since 7 October 2021.[1]
Lashell Adderley | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate of the Bahamas | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Philip Davis |
| Preceded by | Mildred Hall-Watson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) |
| Party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Career
Adderley is a lawyer who has worked as legal counsel for Bahamas First General Insurance,[2] and as a legal and compliance manager[3] and corporate secretary for Bahamas First Holdings.[4][5] In 2024 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica, awarded in recognition of her career as a legislator, attorney-at-law and economist.[6]
From 2017, she was a member of the Progressive Liberal Party's constitution committee to review its policies.[7]
Adderley was appointed President of the Senate the day she was sworn in, 6 October 2021,[8] the fifth woman to hold the role.[9] She was appointed at the same time as Patricia Deveaux was made Speaker of the House of Assembly, the first time women have led both houses at the same time.[10][11][12] Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis had been criticised the week prior for a lack of gender equality, with Adderley one of only two female Senate appointments.[13]
Private life
She is a practising Seventh-day Adventist who was raised in the church and is a member of the Johnson Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Providence, where she has also served on the school board of Bahamas Academy and on the Constitution and By-Laws Committee of the South Bahamas Conference.[14][15][16]
