sir milo butler was the first governor general of the bahamas.
who is the first governor general of the bahamas?
sir milo butler
the british house of lords voted to give the bahamas its independence on 22 june 1973. prince charles delivered the official documents to prime minister lynden pindling, officially declaring the bahamas a fully independent nation on 10 july 1973. it joined the commonwealth of nations on the same day. sir milo butler was appointed the first governor-general of the bahamas (the official representative of queen elizabeth ii) shortly after independence.





























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shortly after independence the bahamas joined the international monetary fund and the world bank on 22 august 1973, and later the united nations on 18 september 1973.
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federal and provincial viceroys also met with first nations leaders for more ceremonial occasions, such as when in 1867 canada's first governor general, the viscount monck, received a native chief, in full feathers, among some of the first guests at rideau hall. the marquess of lansdowne smoked a calumet with aboriginal people in the prairies, the marquess of lorne was there named "great brother-in-law", and the lord tweedsmuir was honoured by the kainai nation through being made a chief of the blood indians and met with grey owl in saskatchewan. the earl alexander of tunis was presented with a totem pole by kwakiutl carver mungo martin, which alexander erected on the grounds of rideau hall, where it stands today with the inukshuk by artist kananginak pootoogook that was commissioned in 1997 by governor general roméo leblanc to commemorate the second national aboriginal day. governor general the viscount byng of vimy undertook a far-reaching tour of the north in 1925, during which he met with first nations and heard their grievances at fort providence and fort simpson. later, governor general edward schreyer was in 1984 made an honorary member of the kainai chieftainship, as was one of his viceregal successors, adrienne clarkson, who was made such on 23 july 2005, along with being adopted into the blood tribe with the name "grandmother of many nations". clarkson was an avid supporter of canada's north and inuit culture, employing students from nunavut arctic college to assist in designing the clarkson cup and creating the governor general's northern medal.
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