Kevin Peter Turnquest (born August 22, 1964)
is a
Bahamian politician who served as
Deputy Prime Minister
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and
Minister of Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
from May 15, 2017 to November 25, 2020. He is a Certified Public accountant.
He was the deputy leader of the
Free National Movement
The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in The Bahamas formed in the early 1970s, led by Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Michael Pintard and his deputy Peter Turnquest. It dominated the ...
. He earned his
Bachelor of Business Administration
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from
Prairie View A&M University
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and his
Master of Business Administration
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from
Nova Southeastern University
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.
References
1964 births
Living people
Deputy Prime Ministers of the Bahamas
Finance ministers of the Bahamas
Free National Movement politicians
Prairie View A&M University alumni
Nova Southeastern University alumni
21st-century Bahamian politicians
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