Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Perry Gladstone Christie (born 21 August 1943), PC, MP, is a Bahamian politician who has served as Prime Minister of the Bahamas since May 2012; previously he was Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian, representing the Centreville constituency since 1977. He is also a former athlete. His Progressive Liberal Party is the governing party and the oldest Bahamian political party, holding a solid majority government of 30 of 38 seats in the Bahamian Parliament. Christie was sworn into office on 8 May 2012., The Free National Movement (FNM) is a liberal political party in The Bahamas formed in the 1970s, led by Cecil Wallace Whitfield. The current leader of the party is Dr. Hubert Minnis and his deputy is Peter Turnquest. It is the largest opposition party in the Bahamas by number of seats in the Legislature., General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007 . The result was an opposition victory , with the Free National Movement , led by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham , claiming 23 of the 41 seats . Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to his rival . Ingraham was sworn into the office of Prime Minister on 4 May . The Progressive Liberal Party was expected to win re-election up until the Anna Nicole Smith scandal , when Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson , a PLP Member or Parliament was accused of cozying up to the former playmate by fast - tracking residency for her and Howard K. Stern . His government later came under fire when a picture of Smith was leaked to the press with his immigration minister embracing her . Despite the scandal , Gibson was re-elected ., The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. The PLP lies on the left of the political spectrum. Perry Christie is the leader of the party and has been Prime Minister of the Bahamas since the 7 May 2012 general elections., Hubert Alexander Ingraham (born 4 August 1947) is a Bahamian political figure who was Prime Minister of the Bahamas from August 1992 to May 2002 and again from May 2007 to May 2012. He is a member of the Free National Movement Party (FNM). Prior to the 2012 election, he was the FNM's Party Leader and was the Member of Parliament for the North Abaco constituency. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly from 2005 to 2007., Subject: bahamian general election, Relation: office_contested, Options: (A) deputy (B) member (C) prime minister (D) prime minister of the bahamas
Output (English): prime minister of the bahamas