Lashell Adderley
{{Short description|Bahamian lawyer and politician}}
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| office1 = President of the Senate of the Bahamas
| primeminister1 = Philip Davis
| term_start1 = October 2021
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| predecessor1 = Mildred Hall-Watson
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| birth_date = 1968
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| party = Progressive Liberal Party
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Julie Lashell Adderley (born 1968{{cite web |title=Bahamas |url=https://data.ipu.org/content/bahamas?chamber_id=13331 |website=Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform |language=en |date=5 July 2018}}) is a Bahamian lawyer and politician who has been President of the Senate of the Bahamas since 7 October 2021.
Career
Adderley is a lawyer who has worked as legal counsel for Bahamas First General Insurance,{{cite web|url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/08ebbf50-5b20-409c-a693-594adc6af0db/DPA_AReport2010.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=08ebbf50-5b20-409c-a693-594adc6af0db|page=16|title=Data Protection Annual Report 20210|publisher=Government of the Bahamas}} and as a legal and compliance manager{{cite web|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/PM_Christie_to_open_National_Training_Symposium31190.shtml|title=PM Christie to open National Training Symposium |date=24 October 2013|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=The Bahamas Weekly}} and corporate secretary for Bahamas First Holdings.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/apr/09/bahamas-first-holds-governance-seminar/|title=Bahamas First Holds Governance Seminar|work=The Tribune|date=9 April 2018|access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://bahamasfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bahamas-First-Holdings-Limited-Annual-Report-2011.pdf|title=2011 Annual Report|page=13|publisher=Bahamas First Holdings|date=2011|access-date=6 November 2021}} From 2017, she was a member of the Progressive Liberal Party's constitution committee to review its policies.{{cite web|url=http://jonesbahamas.com/plp-seeks-constitutional-reform/|title=PLP Seeks Constitutional Reform|publisher=Jones Bahamas|date=22 November 2017|access-date=6 November 2021}}
Adderley was appointed President of the Senate the day she was sworn in, 6 October 2021,{{cite web|url=https://znsbahamas.com/new-senators-sworn-in/|title=New Senators Sworn In|date=7 October 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|work=ZNS Bahamas}} the fifth woman to hold the role.{{cite web|url=https://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/270820/Patricia_Deveaux_likely_for_Speaker_role.html|title=Patricia Deveaux likely for Speaker role|date=6 October 2021|publisher=Bahamas Local|access-date=6 November 2021}} She was appointed at the same time as Patricia Deveaux was made Speaker of the House of Assembly, the first time women have led both houses at the same time.{{cite web|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/woman-boss-adderley-deveaux-lead-bahamian-parliament|title=Woman is boss! Adderley & Deveaux to lead Bahamian Parliament|first=Dillon|last=De Shong|work=Loop Caribbean News|date=6 October 2021|access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/oct/07/history-made-women-lead-house-and-senate/|title=History Made As Women Lead House And Senate|work=The Tribune|date=7 October 2021|first=Khrisna|last=Russell|access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thehabarinetwork.com/bahamas-history-made-as-women-to-serve-as-house-speaker-and-president-of-the-senate|title=Bahamas: History made as women to serve as House speaker and President of the Senate|publisher=The Habari Network|access-date=6 November 2021}} Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis had been criticised the week prior for a lack of gender equality, with Adderley one of only two female Senate appointments.{{cite web|url=https://ewnews.com/gender-parity-govt-appoints-two-women-out-of-12-senate-appointments|title=GENDER PARITY: Govt. appoints two women out of 12 Senate appointments|first=Sloan|last=Smith|date=4 October 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|work=Eyewitness News}}
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Category:21st-century Bahamian lawyers
Category:Bahamian women lawyers
Category:Progressive Liberal Party politicians
Category:21st-century Bahamian women politicians
Category:21st-century Bahamian politicians
Category:Presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas
Category:Women legislative speakers
Category:21st-century women lawyers
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