Progressive Liberal Party (Bahamas)
Progressive Liberal Party | |
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| Abbreviation | PLP |
| Party Leader | Philip Davis |
| Deputy Leader | Chester Cooper |
| Founded | 23 November 1953 |
| Headquarters | Sir Lynden Pindling Centre Farrington Road, P.O. Box N-547 Nassau |
| Youth wing | Progressive Young Liberals |
| Ideology | Social liberalism Progressivism Populism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-Left |
| Colours | Gold, Blue |
| Slogan | "Believe in the Bahamas" |
| House of Assembly | 32 / 39 |
| Senate | 12 / 16 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| plpbahamas | |
The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. Founded in 1953, it was the first national political party in the Bahamas. After winning the 1967 general election, the party governed from 1967 to 1992, as well as from 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2017.
In September 2021, the PLP defeated the ruling FNM in a snap election and Philip Davis was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bahamas. Davis is the current leader of the party, as both the chairman of the party and Prime Minister and leader of the party in Parliament.