Leader of the Opposition (Bahamas)

Leader of the Opposition is a constitutionally sanctioned office in The Bahamas. The Constitution requires that there is a Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of The Bahamas who is appointed by the Governor-General of The Bahamas.^[1] Usually the person comes from the largest group in the House of Assembly that is not in government.

The position of the Leader of the Opposition was established in 1964.^[2]

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Lynden Pindling	1964^[2]	January 1967	PLP
Roland Symonette	January 1967	1970	UBP	^[3]
Geoffrey Johnstone	February 1970	July 1971	UBP	^[4]
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield	1971^[5]	1972	FNM
Kendal Isaacs	1972	1976	FNM	^[6]
Cyril Fountain	1976	?	FNM	^[7]
Cyril Tynes	? - January 1977	1977	FNM	^[8]
John Henry Bostwick	1977	1979	BDP
Norman Solomon	1979	1981	SDP	^[9]
John Henry Bostwick	1981	1981	FNM	^[10]
Kendal Isaacs	1981	1987	FNM	^[11]
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield	1987	1990	FNM	^[12]
Hubert Ingraham	May 1990	August 1992	FNM	^[12]
Lynden Pindling	August 1992	1993	PLP	^[12]
Bernard Nottage	1993	April 1997	PLP	^[13]
Perry Christie	April 1997	May 2002	PLP	^[12]
Alvin Smith	May 2002	November 2005	FNM	^[12]
Hubert Ingraham	November 2005	May 2007	FNM	^[12]
Perry Christie	May 2007	May 2012	PLP	^[12]
Hubert Minnis	May 2012	December 2016^[14]	FNM	^[12]
Loretta Butler-Turner	December 2016^[14]	May 2017	FNM	^[12]
Philip Davis	May 2017^[15]	September 2021	PLP
Hubert Minnis	September 2021	November 2021	FNM
Michael Pintard	November 2021	Incumbent	FNM	^[16]

See also