Philip Davis installs record 28-member Bahamas Cabinet after PLP election landslide

Prime Minister Philip Davis has formed one of the most expansive governments in recent Bahamian history, seating a 28-person Cabinet and ministerial team after the Progressive Liberal Party's sweeping win at the general election.

The lineup counts Davis, 21 Cabinet ministers, and seven ministers of state. Members were formally sworn during three days of ceremonies at Government House in Nassau.

Davis said the larger team matches the scale of challenges facing the country and the breadth of leadership needed to advance national priorities. "Progress is never guaranteed and every generation has a responsibility to strengthen the country it inherited," he told those gathered as the appointments wrapped up.

Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper takes the portfolio of Education, Science and Technology. Wayne Munroe leaves the national security brief to serve as Senator, Attorney General, and Minister of Legal Affairs. Fred Mitchell is back at Foreign Affairs, and Michael Halkitis becomes Minister of Finance.

Clay Sweeting will lead Works and Family Island Affairs; Michael Darville, Health and Wellness; Glenys Hanna-Martin, Tourism; Keith Bell, Housing and Land Reform; Jobeth Coleby-Davis, Energy, Utilities and Aviation; and Mario Bowleg, Youth and Sports. The Cabinet also seats Jomo Campbell, Pia Glover-Rolle, and Zane Lightbourne, along with returning minister Ginger Moxey.

Lisa Rahming, Myles Laroda, Leon Lundy, and Leslia Miller-Brice were sworn in as well. Jerome Fitzgerald and Barbara Cartwright join Cabinet as newly appointed senators. Businessman Sebas Bastian becomes Minister of Innovation and National Development.

Those inducted as ministers of state include Bacchus Rolle, Leonardo Lightbourne, Kirk Cornish, Mckell Bonaby, Wayde Watson, Darren Pickstock, and Owen Wells.

Davis, who took oath for a second term, is the first Bahamian prime minister in nearly 30 years to win consecutive elections. In his address, he said the administration faces a demanding agenda spanning economic stability, education reform, infrastructure development, healthcare improvement, and public safety.

He said the government's "Blueprint for Progress" would steer its work, with accountability and long-term national development at the forefront. "Our mandate from the Bahamian people was won on our promise to complete what we started in the last term," Davis said. "The work begins immediately."