Michael Halkitis has already served two consecutive terms as a Member of Parliament. A highly-distinguished financial analyst, he served in Cabinet as Minister of State for Finance from 2012 – 2017.
Having met “the economy in a wheelchair” in 2012, he is credited with having successfully stabilized and turned around the economy. He digitized the Ministry of Finance and introduced major taxation reforms which have been praised for operating without any glitches.
He brings to the team the kind of high-quality, high-level experience needed to help lift the country out of the present economic crisis.
Born in humble circumstances in Coconut Grove, New Providence, he spent his early years in Old Bight, Cat Island. He wants all young people to have access to the quality education and economic opportunity that transformed his life.
He sees education as the force for change, both for the individual and for the country.