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bahamas**

H.E. Errol Bethel
Parliamentary Commissioner, Parliamentary Registration

PArt i 12. Literacy Levels
99.00%,
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
PArt ii
1. Country Name LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
BAHAMAS

2. Official Name LEGISLATURE
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas 1. Structure of National Legislature
Bicameral
3. Government
Parliamentary Democracy (Parliament) under a 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm House of Assembly and Senate

4. Head of the Government 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Prime Minister – Hubert Minnis nominated
The House of Assembly has 42 elected members
5. Head of the State who are elected in single-member constituencies.
Queen – Elizabeth II Elections for the House are held every 5 years.
Governor-General – Sir Cornelius A. Smith The Senate is unelected and consists of 16
members appointed by the Governor-General;
6. Capital nine on the advice of the Prime Minister, four on
Nassau
the advice of the leader of the opposition, and
7. Currency three on the advice of the Prime Minister after
Bahamian dollar consultations with the leader of the opposition.

8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 4. Popular House
black 90.6%, white 4.7%, black and white 2.1%, House of Assembly and Senate
other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)
5. Type of Electoral System
9. Date of Independence and from which Country FPTP
10 July 1973 (from the UK) PArt iii

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution ELECtorAL sYstEM
20 June 1973

11. Language (s) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
English (official), Creole (among Haitian
immigrants) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Parliamentary Registration Department

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