The Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters.

List of Attorneys-General of the Colony of the Bahamas This is an incomplete listing of Attorneys-General before 1973.

William Wylly (1799–1821) Bruce Lockhart Burnside (1875–1879) William Anthony Musgrave Sheriff (1879–1882) William Rees-Davies (c. 1897–1902) Frederick Chester Wells-Durrant (1909–1921) Herbert Charles Fahie Cox (1925–1929) Guy Tracey Watts (1930-c. 1933) James Henry Jarrett (1933–1935) John Bowes Griffin (1936–1939) Ormond H Curry (c 1939) Oswald Lawrence Bancroft (1943–1945/6) Lionel Alexander William Orr (1955–1963) Kendal George Lamon Isaacs (1963–1965) William Gordon Bryce QC (c 1967) Gerald Collett QC (c. 1970–1973)

List of Attorneys-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Post-Independence in 1973)

Paul Adderley (1973–1989) [1st Attorney General - Post Independence] Sean G.A. McWeeney (1989–1992) Orville Turnquest (1992–1995) Brent Symonette (1995) Janet Bostwick (1995–1997) [1st female] Tennyson Wells (1997–2001) Carl Wilshire Bethel (2001–2002) Alfred Sears (2002–2006) Allyson Maynard Gibson (2006–2007) Claire Hepburn (2007–2008) Michael Barnett (2008–2009) John Delaney (2009–2012) Allyson Maynard Gibson (2012–2017) Carl Wilshire Bethel (2017–2021) Ryan Pinder (2021–present)

See also

Justice ministry Politics of the Bahamas

References