| William Allen | |
| Office: | Minister of Finance of The Bahamas |
| Primeminister: | Hubert Ingraham |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 2002 |
| Predecessor: | Hubert Ingraham |
| Successor: | Perry Christie |
| Birth Date: | 1937 |
| Death Date: | 6 January 2021 |
| Death Place: | New Providence |
| Party: | Free National Movement |
Sir William Clifford Allen was a politician and central banker[1] from The Bahamas.
Allen was born in 1937. He had a bachelor's degree in accounting from New York University and a Master of Science degree in international finance from Baruch College.
Allen was appointed as deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas in 1974.[2] He was the governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas from 1980 to 1987.
Allen was appointed into the Senate of The Bahamas in 1992 as a government senator. In the elections of 1994 he was elected to the Bahamas House of Assembly. He was appointed minister of finance from 1995 to 2002.[3]
Allen died on 6 January 2021[4] in his home in New Providence.[5]
In 2000, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).