Paul Adderley

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Field	Value
name	Paul Adderley
image	[[File:Paul_Adderley,_Governor_General.jpeg
order1	Acting
office1	Governor-General of the Bahamas
monarch1	Elizabeth II
primeminister1	Perry Christie
term_start1	1 December 2005
term_end1	1 February 2006
predecessor1	Dame Ivy Dumont
successor1	A. D. Hanna
office2	Minister of Finance of the Bahamas
primeminister2	Lynden Pindling
term_start2	1990
term_end2	1992
predecessor2	Lynden Pindling
successor2	Hubert Ingraham
birth_date
birth_place	Nassau, Bahamas
death_date
death_place	Bahamas
party	National Development Party
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| name = Paul Adderley | image = [[File:Paul_Adderley,_Governor_General.jpeg|155px]] | order1 = Acting | office1 = Governor-General of the Bahamas | monarch1 = Elizabeth II | primeminister1 = Perry Christie | term_start1 = 1 December 2005 | term_end1 = 1 February 2006 | predecessor1 = Dame Ivy Dumont | successor1 = A. D. Hanna | office2 = Minister of Finance of the Bahamas | primeminister2 = Lynden Pindling | term_start2 = 1990 | term_end2 = 1992 | predecessor2 = Lynden Pindling | successor2 = Hubert Ingraham | birth_date = | birth_place = Nassau, Bahamas | death_date = | death_place = Bahamas | party = National Development Party

Paul Lawrence Adderley (15 August 1928 – 19 September 2012) was a Bahamian politician and lawyer. He was the longest serving Attorney-General of the 20th century, holding the post for 17 years (1973–1989).

Career

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. He returned to the PLP shortly before the Bahamas achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1973.

On 1 March 1973, he was appointed Minister of External Affairs and on 10 July 1973 became the country's first and, ultimately, longest-serving Attorney-General. One day after his change from the ministry of foreign affairs to the ministry of education, he nonetheless held the Bahamian speech in the UN general debate on 10 October 1984 instead of his successor Clement T. Maynard.

Adderley served as Minister of Education from 1984 to 1990. He served as Minister of National Security from 1987 to 1992. He was then appointed as the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1992.

Adderley served as acting Governor-General of the Bahamas from 1 December 2005 until 1 February 2006.

Adderley retired from politics, remaining an active attorney as of 2010. In September 2010, he appeared in the documentary film On the Wings of Men, about Lynden Oscar Pindling, by Bahamian filmmaker Calvin Harris.

Death and legacy

Adderley died on 19 September 2012, aged 84, and was given a state funeral on 28 September.

At a ceremony on 27 June 2014, the building housing the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Ministry of Legal Affairs was named in honour of Paul L. Adderley.

References

References

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2. link. (November 21, 2016 , The Bahamas High Commission, London.)
3. Christie, Perry. (20 September 2012). "Tributes Paid To Paul Adderley".
4. "Attorneys-General Post Independence". Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs of the Bahamas.
5. Pinder, Macushla. (30 June 2014). "AG Office Officially Named Paul Adderley – Longest Serving AG Honoured". The Bahama Journal.
6. (1 May 2010). "The Historical Development of Tertiary Education in the Bahamas: The College of the Bahamas, Past, Present, and Future".
7. "Past and Present Ministers MNS and Bios". Government of The Bahamas.
8. Harris, Calvin. (10 September 2010). "Behind the scenes on Bahamian documentary, 'On the Wings of Men' with the Rt. Hon. Paul Adderley". Bahamas Weekly.
9. Thompson, Taneka. (September 28, 2012). "Paul Adderley dies at 84". The Freeport News.
10. Nixon, Celeste. (21 September 2012). "Union leaders pay their respects to Paul Adderley".
11. Thompson, Lindsay. (September 30, 2012). "Paul L. Adderley given Hero’s Send-off in Nassau, Bahamas".
12. Vedrine, Betty. (10 July 2014). "Major Tribute Bestowed on Former Attorney General Paul L. Adderley".
13. Editorial (30 June 2014), {{usurped
14. Thompson, Lindsay. (28 June 2014). "Naming and Opening of Paul L Adderley Building dubbed Red Letter Day".

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