The Bahamas - Head of Government

The Rt Hon Hubert Alexander Ingraham was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of The Bahamas on 4 May 2007 following the victory of the Free National Movement (FNM) Party at the 2 May general election.

Mr Ingraham is concurrently the Minister of Finance.

He previously served as prime minister for two consecutive terms between August 1992 and 2002.

From November 2005 until his victory at the May 2007 polls, Mr Ingraham served for the second time as Leader of the PFNM and Leader of the Opposition. Mr Ingraham joined the FNM in 1990, which was then the Opposition Party. He was first elected as party leader in May that year and appointed Leader of the Opposition.

In 1987, Mr Ingraham was an independent Member of Parliament. Before that, he was Chairperson of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1976 to 1986 after entering politics in 1975 and being elected to the National General Council of the PLP that year.

Mr Ingraham served as Minister for Housing and National Insurance from 1982 to 1984. He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1977 under the PLP ticket for his home constituency of Cooper’s Town, North Abaco.

Mr Ingraham was called to The Bahamas Bar in December 1972 and became the senior partner in the firm of Christie, Ingraham & Co.

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