Orville Turnquest

Sir Orville Turnquest
Turnquest in 1997
6th Governor-General of the Bahamas
In office
3 January 1995 – 13 November 2001
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham
Preceded bySir Clifford Darling
Succeeded byDame Ivy Dumont
Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
In office
1992–1995
Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham
Preceded byClement T. Maynard
Succeeded byFrank Watson
Foreign Minister of The Bahamas
In office
21 August 1992 – 3 January 1995
Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham
Preceded byClement T. Maynard
Succeeded byJanet Bostwick
Personal details
Born
Orville Alton Turnquest

(1929-07-19) 19 July 1929 (age 95)
Grants Town, New Providence, The Bahamas
Political partyFree National Movement
Alma materUniversity of London

Sir Orville Alton Turnquest (born 19 July 1929)[1] is a Bahamian politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of External Relations of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the sixth governor-general of the Bahamas from 3 January 1995 until his retirement on 13 November 2001.