Paul Adderley | |
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Acting Governor-General of the Bahamas | |
In office December 1, 2005 – February 1, 2006 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Perry Christie |
Preceded by | Dame Ivy Dumont |
Succeeded by | A.D. Hanna |
Personal details | |
Born | Nassau, Bahamas | August 15, 1928
Died | September 19, 2012 Bahamas | (aged 84)
Political party | National Development Party |
Paul Lawrence Adderley (August 15, 1928[1] – September 19, 2012[2]) was a Bahamian politician and lawyer. He was the longest serving Attorney General of the 20th century, holding the post for 17 years.[3]
Adderley was originally a member of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) under Lynden Oscar Pindling. However, Adderley left the PLP in 1965 and established the National Development Party (NDP) political party.[4] He returned to the PLP shortly before the Bahamas achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1973.[4]
On 1 March 1973, he was appointed Minister of External Affairs and on July 10, 1973 became the country's first and, ultimately, longest-serving[5] Attorney-General.[2] Adderley served as Minister of National Security from 1987 to 1992.[6] He was then appointed as the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1992.[6]
Adderley served as acting Governor-General of the Bahamas from December 1, 2005 until February 1, 2006.[4][7]
Adderley retired from politics, remaining an active attorney as of 2010.[4] In September 2010, he appeared in the documentary film On the Wings of Men, about Lynden Oscar Pindling by Bahamian filmmaker Calvin Harris.[4]
Adderley died on September 19, 2012, aged 84,[8] and was given a state funeral on September 28.[9]
At a ceremony on June 27, 2014,[10] the building housing the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Ministry of Legal Affairs was named in honour of Paul L. Adderley.[5][11][12]