Katherine Forbes-Smith
Katherine Forbes-Smith | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate of the Bahamas | |
| In office May 2017 – December 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Hubert Minnis |
| Preceded by | Sharon R. Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Mildred Hall-Watson |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Free National Movement |
Katherine Forbes-Smith is Bahamian lawyer and politician and former President of the Senate of the Bahamas.
She is a member of Free National Movement.[1] She was first time appointed as member of the Senate of the Bahamas in 2001 and 2007.[2] In 2007 she was appointed as parliamentary secretary in the office of prime minister Hubert Ingraham.[3] Then she was appointed as the first consul general of the Bahamas to Atlanta, USA, until 2017.[2]
Forbes-Smith was appointed as the President of the Senate of the Bahamas in May 2017.[4] She resigned in November 2019 to lead disaster management agency (Disaster Reconstruction Authority) in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.[5] Her contract as the leader of the agency was cancelled in 2021 following PLP victory in the 2021 elections.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "K. Forbes Smith to be selected as FNM Senate President | Bahamaspress.com". web.archive.org. 30 March 2019.
- ^ a b "thebahamasweekly.com - PM Minnis Remarks at Swearing-in of Senators & Parliamentary Secretaries". www.thebahamasweekly.com.
- ^ "thebahamasweekly.com - Senator Forbes-Smith heads PM's office in Grand Bahama". www.thebahamasweekly.com.
- ^ "thebahamasweekly.com - Sixteen-Member Senate Convenes for First Official Sitting". www.thebahamasweekly.com.
- ^ Ward, Jasper (2 December 2019). "Senate president resigns". The Nassau Guardian.
- ^ Gallery, The (13 January 2024). "Former DRA Chief quizzed by cops over 2 days". The Gallery.
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