Bahamas appoints new attorney general
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| Published on Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Sunday announced the appointment of John Delaney as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs. The Prime Minister also announced the appointment of Delaney to the Senate.
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| John K F Delaney |
Delaney will be sworn in by Governor General AD Hanna on Monday, 23 November, in a ceremony at Government House.
The portfolio of Attorney General has been held temporarily by Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette since the resignation of former Attorney General Michael Barnett who was appointed Chief Justice.
In addition to the usual matters in the portfolio of the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Delaney’s portfolio will also include Relations with the Financial Services Industry and the Bahamas Financial Services Board as well as responsibility for Promotion and Development of Financial Services.
The 45-year-old Delaney received his early education at St Augustine’s College in Nassau and earned his LL.B. degree from the University of Birmingham and a Master of Laws degree from the University of London, England. He was admitted to the English Bar in 1987 as a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn. Later the same year he was called to the Bahamas Bar.
Delaney is member of the law firm of Higgs & Johnson and managing partner since 2007. He specializes in commercial litigation and financial services law and has for years been cited by international legal directories as a leader in his field.
He is a past Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Bahamas Bar Council, and a member of the International Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
This will be Delaney’s second stint in the Senate as he served in the Upper Chamber as an FNM Senator from 2005 to 2007.
He has also served as a director of the National Insurance Board, a director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board, a member of the Road Traffic Authority and evening lecturer at the College of The Bahamas. He is presently Co-Chairman of the Bahamas Trade Commission.
Delaney is married to the former Daphne Dean and is the father of a son, Amorae and twin daughters Dana and Maya. | | | | Reads : 678 | | | |
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