Sir Arthur Alexander Foulkes, ON, GCMG (born 11 May 1928)[1] is a politician who was the ninth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2010 to 2014.

[3] In 1971, he was co-founder of the Free National Movement, and he was appointed to the Senate in 1972 and 1977 before returning to the House of Assembly in 1982.

[3] Foulkes, a native of the Bahamas, was born on the island of Inagua in Matthew Town on 11 May 1928.

[4] From 1962 to 1967, Foulkes was founding editor of Bahamian Times, the official paper of the Progressive Liberal Party, backing the campaign for majority rule, and later a columnist for Nassau Guardian and Tribune.

[3] In 1972, Foulkes was one of the four Opposition delegates to the Bahamas Independence Constitution Conference in London in 1972.