Perry Gladstone Christie is a Bahamian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2017. He was the long-standing leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1997 until his retirement from public life in 2017. Before his prime ministership, he held several cabinet positions, including Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Industry, and Minister of Tourism. Throughout his extensive political career, he focused on issues of national development, economic growth, and social programs for the Bahamian people.