Arthur Foulkes
Sir Arthur Alexander Foulkes GCMG (born May 11, 1928 in Matthew Town , Inagua , Bahamas ) is a journalist , diplomat and politician . From 2010 to 2014 he was Governor General of the Bahamas .
biography
Foulkes was initially a journalist and first between 1948 and 1962 editor and publisher of the daily newspaper The Nassau Tribune . In 1962 he was the founder and until 1967 also editor of the daily newspaper The Bahamian Times , the party organ of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).
In the elections in 1967 he was appointed a member of the Assembly House ( House of Assembly ) elected and was in the following years, among other Minister of Communications and Tourism in the PLP identified by the government of Prime Minister Lynden Pindling . In 1970 he was one of the eight members of parliament who rejected Pindling as party leader and left the PLP.
He then co-founded the Free National Movement (FNM) in 1971 and was appointed a member of the Senate as its representative in 1972, to which he was a member until 1982 after his renewed appointment. In 1982 he was re-elected as a member of the meeting house and was a member of it until 1992.
In 1992 he was appointed High Commissioner in the United Kingdom . In this role, he was also as ambassador in France , the Federal Republic of Germany , Italy , Belgium and in the European Union accredited .
In 1999 he became the first ambassador of the Bahamas to the People's Republic of China and Cuba . For his services he was named Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 2001, so that he has been named "Sir" ever since. After the FNM's election defeat in 2002, he resigned from the diplomatic service and subsequently worked again as a journalist for The Nassau Guardian and The Nassau Tribune , where he was a columnist for the prestigious column "To The Point".
After the FNM's renewed electoral success, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham appointed him General Director of Bahamas Information Services , the government's press and information service, in 2007 . At the same time, he was in this position when the governor general was absent from his official representative.
On April 13, 2010, he was appointed Governor General of the Bahamas to succeed Arthur Dion Hanna and took his oath of office on April 14, 2010 .
Web links
- Current Political Leaders, Dictators & First Ladies
- rulers.org
- BAHAMA ISLANDS INFO: Sir Arthur Foulkes is new Governor-General (April 14, 2010)
- Sir Arthur Foulkes (Bahama Pundit)
Individual evidence
- ^ Cabinet Office Announces New Governor general , The Bahamas Weekly , 07-07-14
- ↑ April 2010 (rulers.org)
- ↑ THE BAHAMA PRESS: Sir Arthur Foulkes will be sworn in as GG Wednesday Morning! (April 10, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foulkes, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foulkes, Sir Arthur Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bahamian politician, Governor General of the Bahamas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Matthew Town , Inagua |