Bahamas Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Nassau
geographische Koordinaten: 25 05 N, 77 21 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November

Unabhängigkeit

10 Juli 1973 (from UK)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 10 Juli (1973)

Konstitution

10 Juli 1973

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Queen ELIZABETH II (seit dem 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Arthur D. HANNA (seit dem 1 February 2006)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Hubert A. INGRAHAM (seit dem 4 May 2007)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the prime minister's recommendation
elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister