Orville Turnquest

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Orville Turnquest (1997)

Sir Orville Alton Turnquest (born 19 July 1929) is a retired Bahamian politician. He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the fifth Governor-General of the Bahamas from 3 January 1994 until his retirement on 13 November 2001.

Turnquest was born in Grants Town, New Providence.[1] He was educated at the University of London.

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  1. "Orville Turnquest 1995–2001" Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Bahamas Information Services.