Commander of the Defence Force (The Bahamas)

The Commander of the Defence Force is the professional head of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Defence Force. The current commander is Raymond King, who was appointed on 21 May 2020, after serving as acting commander since 16 October 2019.

List of commanders

Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 CommodoreWilliam Swinley October 1976 1981 years 2 CommodoreChristopher Belton 1981 1983 years 3 CommodoreLeon L. Smith 1983 1997 years 4 CommodoreDavy Rolle 1997 2006 years 5 CommodoreClifford Scavella 1 November 2006 21 January 2010 6 CommodoreRoderick Bowe 21 January 2010 15 March 2015 – CommodoreTellis Bethel 15 March 2015 1 May 2017 7 1 May 2017 16 October 2019 – CommodoreRaymond King 16 October 2019 21 May 2020 8 21 May 2020 Incumbent

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