Clay Glennford Sweeting (born 21 December 1985) is a Bahamian politician from the

Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. Philip Davis is the leader of the party. History The PLP was founded in 1953 by William Cartwright, Cyril Stevenson, and Henry Milton ...

currently serving as MP for

Central and South Eleuthera Central and South Eleuthera is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas. It elects one member of parliament (MP) using the First past the post electoral system. It has been represented by Clay Sweeting fro ...

Early life

Sweeting was born in

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, Eleuthera. He attended Spanish Wells All Age School and went on to graduate from

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Political career

On 20 September 2021 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources. In 2024, in a cabinet shuffle, his cabinet portfolio was changed to Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs.

Early life

Political career

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