What is Arthur Foulkes?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Arthur Foulkes |image = Arthur Foulkes (cropped).jpg |honorific-suffix = <br><small>[[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]]</small> |office = [[Governor-General of the Bahamas|Governor General of the Bahamas]] |monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] |primeminister = [[Hubert Ingraham]]<br>[[Perry Christie]] |term_start = 14 April 2010 |term_end = 8 July 2014 |predecessor = [[Arthur Dion Hanna]] |successor = Dame [[Marguerite Pindling]] |succeeding = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|5|11|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Matthew Town]], [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Progressive Liberal Party]] <small>(Before 1971)</small><br>[[Free National Movement]] <small>(1971–present)</small> |spouse = Joan Eleanor Foulkes }} '''Sir Arthur Alexander Foulkes''', [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] (born 11 May 1928) served as [[List of Governors-General of the Bahamas|Governor-General]] of the [[Bahamas]] from 2010 to 2014. Foulkes was elected to the [[Parliament of the Bahamas|House of Assembly]] in 1967. In 1971 he started the [[Free National Movement]]. He went to the Senate in 1972 and 1977. He returned to the House of Assembly in 1982. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in 2001. He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross in 2010. ==Early life== Arthur Foulkes was born on the island [[Inagua]] in [[Matthew Town]] on 11 May 1928. His parents were Dr. William A. Foulkes and Mrs. Julie Foulkes née Maisonneuve. ==Diplomatic career== In 1992 Sir Arthur became The Bahamas High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He was ambassador to France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the European Union. He became the first Bahamas Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba in 1999. ==Family and personal life== Sir Arthur married Joan Eleanor Bullard of Nassau. ==References==