Paul Adderley
{{Short description|Bahamian politician (1928–2012)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paul Adderley
| image = 155px
| order1 = Acting
| office1 = Governor-General of the Bahamas
| monarch1 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister1 = Perry Christie
| term_start1 = December 1, 2005
| term_end1 = February 1, 2006
| predecessor1 = Dame Ivy Dumont
| successor1 = A.D. Hanna
| office2 = Minister of Finance of the Bahamas
| primeminister2 = Lynden Pindling
| term_start2 = 1990
| term_end2 = 1992
| predecessor2 = Lynden Pindling
| successor2 = Hubert Ingraham
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|08|15|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Nassau, Bahamas
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|09|19|1928|08|15|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Bahamas
| party = National Development Party
}}
Paul Lawrence Adderley (August 15, 1928{{cite book |title=Bahamas Handbook and Businessman's Annual |date=1994 |publisher=Etienne Dupuch Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlU3AQAAIAAJ&q=Paul%20Lawrence%20Adderley%201928 |accessdate=13 October 2020}} – September 19, 2012[http://www.bahamashclondon.net/news-detail.php?news=134 "The Late Honourable Paul L. Adderley"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043845/http://www.bahamashclondon.net/news-detail.php?news=134 |date=November 21, 2016 }}, The Bahamas High Commission, London.) was a Bahamian politician and lawyer. He was the longest serving Attorney-General of the 20th century, holding the post for 17 yearsPerry Christie, [http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/sep/20/tributes-paid-paul-adderley/ "Tributes Paid To Paul Adderley"], Tribune242, September 20, 2012. (1973-1989){{cite web |title=Attorneys-General Post Independence |url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/About%20Us/Attorneys-General%20Post%20Independence/!ut/p/b1/vZTdsmNAFIWfZR5gjqbRXPoL4i9oghuFSIIQESLH049Tc6rm6mRuZk7vq65aa3_dq3ZtIiEiIumyR3XKxuraZZePe8KmUHUsV6I5i2NpHugktnVZ2UEVolUQrwLwxRHAbz9QLUFY_Q6FP_wSyRoBAwyaJfZEpMXgKXH6vNFx6velpWedp96Lai8-lQ19oBrsMYOnoaC_dbS5NiujaTehU2gUbL1gHKBQili2ey7KWUhMt4lIkd640K2P_fvij_hAdfIzgoveXLkyixLX0it4j0bG7x3VEdSwdk-8ZOyoGLpXofDIZftkxSx3s6Xgc8MaT6eRiZ73ij_rHBTDMQlLKLik6h15j08ar8afObz46F9y3BLJ6XLN18j3RPI6NPpT8CJ0W7u2JRGvMvRlHxIR67MBnfr1e68vzeLVizvj2qJw7s9ADq17UHs2VhY8JrbVzCSo99QoS4svuwsGpIUP2u4QeoEoiFE4nuPXQN_8ZqChsd8NhP8daFBwBZrQtDmJpAzw3UDqnwPXya_y9m0u2jfwRgPI0hyHWIqkKI4GiAjrmOY_1oOi5-t6KHIbl2hTKJVhXvUxnhoUNKbv001IPtJHfKwGa-IRBGlf55Hre5MgaF0Zsrsh5CESlAgBXa31C5pt1rjsi2bWWTkQZfywQNWfYq7rMoiywnGMW-s6gyENcnWm8p_Qv-TdzadZe-OftahtwyIUg2G_2R-dYHrKmFHAWaHT9pi6SdsvmlT33uQ25O3iDN6Esu2OpDD23gchmxnSTv3Q5ZmHMFnl-SioQf3IVaJvg4fJbLWZ5P7ULPz4BUuAeVY!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807104923/https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/About%20Us/Attorneys-General%20Post%20Independence/!ut/p/b1/vZTdsmNAFIWfZR5gjqbRXPoL4i9oghuFSIIQESLH049Tc6rm6mRuZk7vq65aa3_dq3ZtIiEiIumyR3XKxuraZZePe8KmUHUsV6I5i2NpHugktnVZ2UEVolUQrwLwxRHAbz9QLUFY_Q6FP_wSyRoBAwyaJfZEpMXgKXH6vNFx6velpWedp96Lai8-lQ19oBrsMYOnoaC_dbS5NiujaTehU2gUbL1gHKBQili2ey7KWUhMt4lIkd640K2P_fvij_hAdfIzgoveXLkyixLX0it4j0bG7x3VEdSwdk-8ZOyoGLpXofDIZftkxSx3s6Xgc8MaT6eRiZ73ij_rHBTDMQlLKLik6h15j08ar8afObz46F9y3BLJ6XLN18j3RPI6NPpT8CJ0W7u2JRGvMvRlHxIR67MBnfr1e68vzeLVizvj2qJw7s9ADq17UHs2VhY8JrbVzCSo99QoS4svuwsGpIUP2u4QeoEoiFE4nuPXQN_8ZqChsd8NhP8daFBwBZrQtDmJpAzw3UDqnwPXya_y9m0u2jfwRgPI0hyHWIqkKI4GiAjrmOY_1oOi5-t6KHIbl2hTKJVhXvUxnhoUNKbv001IPtJHfKwGa-IRBGlf55Hre5MgaF0Zsrsh5CESlAgBXa31C5pt1rjsi2bWWTkQZfywQNWfYq7rMoiywnGMW-s6gyENcnWm8p_Qv-TdzadZe-OftahtwyIUg2G_2R-dYHrKmFHAWaHT9pi6SdsvmlT33uQ25O3iDN6Esu2OpDD23gchmxnSTv3Q5ZmHMFnl-SioQf3IVaJvg4fJbLWZ5P7ULPz4BUuAeVY!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-08-07 |website=www.bahamas.gov.bs |publisher=Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs of the Bahamas}}
Career
Adderley was originally a member of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) under Lynden Oscar Pindling. However, Adderley left the PLP in 1965 and established the National Development Party (NDP) political party. He returned to the PLP shortly before the Bahamas achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1973.
On 1 March 1973, he was appointed Minister of External Affairs and on July 10, 1973 became the country's first and, ultimately, longest-servingMacushla Pinder, [http://jonesbahamas.com/ag-office-officially-named-paul-adderley-longest-serving-ag-honoured/ "AG Office Officially Named Paul Adderley – Longest Serving AG Honoured"], The Bahama Journal, June 30, 2014. Attorney-General. Adderley served as Minister of Education from 1984 to 1990.{{cite web |last1=Dames |first1=Terren |title=The Historical Development of Tertiary Education in the Bahamas: The College of the Bahamas, Past, Present, and Future |url=https://www.academia.edu/88542178/The_Historical_Development_of_Tertiary_Education_in_the_Bahamas_The_College_of_the_Bahamas_Past_Present_and_Future |date=1 May 2010}} He served as Minister of National Security from 1987 to 1992.{{cite web |title=Past and Present Ministers MNS and Bios |url=https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/31e15790-1c28-4b1d-92d8-0f0e37b8dbb3/Past+and+Present+Ministers+MNS+Bios.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=31e15790-1c28-4b1d-92d8-0f0e37b8dbb3 |website=www.bahamas.gov.bs |publisher=Government of The Bahamas}} He was then appointed as the Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1992.
Adderley served as acting Governor-General of the Bahamas from December 1, 2005 until February 1, 2006.{{cite news|title=Behind the scenes on Bahamian documentary, "On the Wings of Men" with the Rt. Hon. Paul Adderley |url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/arts-and-culture/Behind_the_scenes_on_Bahamian_documentary_On_the_Wings_of_Men_with_Senator_Allyson_Maynard_printer.shtml |work=Bahamas Weekly |date=September 10, 2010 |accessdate=28 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/336382310006171.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615223022/http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/336382310006171.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |title=Paul Adderley dies at 84 |publisher=The Freeport News |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=June 14, 2013 }}
Adderley retired from politics, remaining an active attorney as of 2010. In September 2010, he appeared in the documentary film On the Wings of Men, about Lynden Oscar Pindling by Bahamian filmmaker Calvin Harris.
Death and legacy
Adderley died on September 19, 2012, aged 84,Celeste Nixon, [http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/sep/21/union-leaders-pay-their-respects-paul-adderley/ "Union Leaders Pay Their Respects To Paul Adderley"], September 21, 2012. and was given a state funeral on September 28.[http://www.bahamaislandsinfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12755:paul-l-adderley-given-heros-send-off-&catid=34:Bahamas%20National%20News&Itemid=147 "Paul L. Adderley given hero's send-off"], Bahama Islands Info, September 30, 2012.
At a ceremony on June 27, 2014,Betty vedrine, [http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/gov/government/news/major%20tribute%20bestowed%20on%20%20former%20attorney%20general%20paul%20l.%20adderley/!ut/p/b1/vZbZjqM4GIWfpR4gHbOTSxJ2MPsSuEEsYd-SkLA8_aSklmaqR111MVNtX1k61uf__D7gfbg_78M-flZFPFVDH7fv65CMMCBAhsFpSPMkAyQX4zFCYTDBRPb-_iwGYGEHOHOMHaUFaKHNSCOct6YKSErymVrC9HI5RTXhXTPS8W5il0wzSpKHC111VxXQuTAwZexxk35KK-0ZXxh44B621HDiuJoEtQhS6LXG0QRS19C4XQhD1SvHivfrrF1AMDOBS1MiQdF1VhAVzFr6Gelw2Ww4pBGa-qGH5tmwoybXSKbc3pIif9hn_6yORVKg12Qcp_E-RzeaSSZlqdy3V-HBq3Dwm8GAj74IBCBfvhgqY1AiqiPEz_2_E-D_cf9L8GVfwl8QjgeAhADGshET6Bj6U_BZiZ8eUkG_ELyKDF4C6ndnoDVk7-zPAI_seh2lrdmsGsyLU9uYzXIrYF3MATdHc3jVnnwEqsGM1B503Aa1uXmBjibbk2hknuUemWN7qFnkV6COOocX8ISQiksAG-DfDRQInX5ZQDkGQ6BA0JE_DcTegXVAvhIpzYJk5UczExKF59epeCU05ixmO4GKpT1LUk6eJefiVa3Wp4MleZrHpXBIKkkvGW5Z-75V_KXfhPQswYqgSBHHVwk2I2_cdapHCBWrtwL0UYFqAnpyI5ihjlRxmsyxJVa0d1GYOqvu5PkcNFd2NTbu6GKe1gaOpwBAliXCJg8nxesOxuJsX_PaI—QXCIM1lctLtsuKghZKVfgE3VA3ZymUvlKkG4GNh87QrwYxdvbpy0XDB18ewc-XGrc_P_vmLwPq6T7MafdD_CDPpDI60OHH2gS4DhN7T0rqCh2kBmO86LQ7rowjlG4hmhc9UFzdLv7vdvNE9HglwOvxptebM9HuDK5zZXXW4xQZR_Cwjc1o4ztp2LLoarMqKrY9ak9SVG9tNY5bbzlQexEsFutB7HIyEQaGFETCS8a3u5-MAQz1cocvcUZudSw9PeaOHSXL_JPUf-yarM058YBjduh71ZB92lrCS9pWqY5LC8htbs6HKI5DrfAWtbgwflpFTM1-on5Iv8C9t3Aj3EEDPmngcR3AQUdmqd3S53ju6WYKDKkiukc8qeB_38PP-SLwBGCOCDogUQplEJe-boF-JLczZl9vW_mJmxV7TyCiWZ74X5ar3J9DM3BFS0Q9SiHH0lTmlw4TWX2jG7YTK6Hx4M9CYIh3-014Y_ppfQnbIibhl-kGJ3OUumiV9fxoojwxV3m89LzKUIsLR302sZpAVs3FsfJpBSWL_vF5Z_AOWowd04nGWkAJ4-Meh8G1wXc0i2zn3tcZw0XUZ6ZqbCvFmyjKKFcYZlwDdR1aJkETku7yzT46hhNlFmPWZpF4i2ntoo6PBN2u6I2hG-vN0Tw-a_Gv1367HLbj91TUVTS4nLtnxOPd3_PhCje_gLp1ZKW/dl4/d5/L3dHQSEvUUtRZy9nQSEh/ "Major Tribute Bestowed on Former Attorney General Paul L. Adderley"], Bahamas Information Services, June 30, 2014. the building housing the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and the Ministry of Legal Affairs was named in honour of Paul L. Adderley.Editorial, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140724221228/http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/Editorial/Deserving-Honor--For-Paul-Adderley "Deserving honor for Paul Adderley"]}}, The Freeport News, June 30, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015.Lindsay Thompson, [http://www.bahamasdevelopmentbank.com/wps/portal/public/gov/government/news/naming%20and%20opening%20of%20paul%20l%20adderley%20building%20dubbed%20red%20letter%20day/!ut/p/b1/vZbJjqNIEIafpR_A7WSHI_sOZse-IAx2YTBmX59-qFaN1MtU1WG6TEpIiIj8Iv_MiIz9aR_uT494vL3E_a16xPfX7xMeIUDUaRoldVLAaSB7iIBgKo2IFrQP9qF0xDSu0ieeN0c9GwJVLLOrcqSYcmlY92D5Iu8oHu_3cFQt3W45Cw8jvqNFFs2Bh_vISKCBhhV3n6qCPFEFwBVWdDvKhW-yi4zOSewJ6dKdK4ZDJ0mdw0V6QROa4R8CuMoy1qp6W5H6sb7Lj0RZNZNhL002yQMnzF09kkigKG6KTDEf96mLXIbWH2ZAhDE_u8g6dnfkXM1IgDYhgh4kilMrX98WftwWDt55aPCrLiIG8E2Xg0YfCAkmBezN_x0DE_1__q8Gr_4WAyxHoxBaJDQCyC7h4qrMAV3H3_w_MPh0X08fhfhjBT8MPpLowxlU-M3g3SDR_XEzIH6awfUBkCFA2w5kAdLG9u4-BGjk5Estr8Vq52DWHdCrrmvBwANrx7mO4fKzY5iQy9fby4P7nNGcnN_-2bqbaofUtz2GZiZSuVS_A03YpTYgC-GqhwFHhL8aKGImuWlEuAcagwFgnw6EvgoomrrFvkrqMq-SIpJE4xpCAvTZQPyvA5X96XYuv09J-R18hymAkRCJ4DABSBjb-_kRp7hOnjjZvtZeL-Ld3BHcTOOylkBikWPero6T9lwsrCXyzG0oogeI7vQU-JlbJFnmLHdKOoPxiF0WAyY6ujkl9cI_FNYm0JKHOH5ijueMdQeO7xUpQRDM6pvG9Ol7qmKtUTaD7WYuUI7NGoot60cu4lmKvqZdu9PU0HXFeKy20kpqLAq1wS1zcbLU26HuU-EcSqPVcvQdM9PsRW5yRBC4a41yuJ74PUbpHCvccJL-9m1vSFV5eVP_3Zwm_lR_ArrLAzd3IMAFi8M_POPMT04vGHpBqRDnHxyAwwZ3BI43q07qvqnP1dkaTZ8AefzZQOzJQA88Gwg_Gwg9G_jsUwqhzwb-_bT4pQqiKEkhJIViFIFTFAyjr3UQnn_UQd6J5psJndYTfGi2-IJHq9aiA_OVHl93F-_AM1uBNRUKpPmYT6dHJdBl03OBYE6LrMQ8OfsL3Xcvar_WU7oUrHYyjc5UoNKYF6Yo10M4oZ5ZjCVxtxt_2SnkeRfOD8Nf0SBCAnlIW6IUmRM0x4FarO16x2hkuopJfokIwjrI1wiTPmk-iD_PyOqsOhdsCtET0Dxg8KO7KQh0itmuk2qBcm9xVvtgtPzUg2XVjX8VZLd6LgSfNR_IVwN_6wVo_NlA7KuA_90LmDz0bODf38Nf0g5DIQyjIJjaug-YgIi93x7x-dzpW9bZUXYcRbtuiPRCSoNQqEtjt7RtC44kexEC-3K2s6pUpyRdJEh0jODHgKRzmoiikXjdEvaBFRL3EgwBCxX0wEvXviZ0Je41A75GMHeJLhpL3DsERNfMdSC1oFjepy9cPC8xxJxEY9A9fVauE-tXTN6-kJ2YVReaZpRZcNFMKh5VEuu53Zwx98Ylp_XFeow4hByNvMOQ9qz5jkm2ngzqmHPGEmt24jWktCELokjvuiGEdhGtrrgn7vZ1OaqqquE2fzV-Hmi8-32c1_CnsbUy_wA9dnKv/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ "Naming and Opening of Paul L Adderley Building dubbed Red Letter Day"], Bahamas Information Services, June 27, 2014.
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