Perry Christie

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The Right Honourable Perry Gladstone Christie
Christie in 2013
3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas
In office 8 May 2012 – 11 May 2017
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Arthur Foulkes Marguerite Pindling
Deputy	Philip Davis
Preceded by	Hubert Ingraham
Succeeded by	Hubert Minnis
In office 6 June 2005 – 4 May 2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Ivy Dumont Paul Adderley (Acting) Arthur Dion Hanna
Deputy	Cynthia Pratt
Preceded by	Cynthia Pratt (Acting)
Succeeded by	Hubert Ingraham
In office 3 May 2002 – 4 May 2005
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Ivy Dumont
Deputy	Cynthia Pratt
Preceded by	Hubert Ingraham
Succeeded by	Cynthia Pratt (Acting)
Personal details
Born	Perry Gladstone Christie (1943-08-21) 21 August 1943 (age 80) Nassau, Bahamas
Political party	Progressive Liberal Party
Spouse	Bernadette Hanna
Alma mater	University of Birmingham City Law School

Perry Gladstone Christie PC, MP (born 21 August 1943) is a Bahamian former politician who served as prime minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017.^[1] He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian (behind Sir Roland Symonette who was first elected to parliament in 1925 and served until 1977), representing the Centreville constituency from 1977 to 2017. He is also a former athlete.^{[citation needed]} His Progressive Liberal Party is the oldest Bahamian political party, holding solid majorities in the Bahamian Parliament several times in its long history.