Orville Turnquest

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Sir Orville Alton Turnquest, GCMG, QC (born 19 July 1929, Grant's Town, New Providence, The Bahamas) 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 1995 until his retirement on November 13, 2001. His parents were Robert and Gwendolyn Turnquest. He was knighted in 1995.

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Preceded by Sir Clifford Darling	Governor-General of the Bahamas 1995–2001	Succeeded by Dame Ivy Dumont

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Biography of Orville Turnquest

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Name	Turnquest, Orville
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Short description	Bahamian politician
Date of birth	19 July 1929
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