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The Bahamas - Head of Government

The Rt Hon Hubert Alexander Ingraham, Prime Minister

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 from August 1992 to 2002. Mr Ingraham joined the FNM in 1990 which was then the Opposition Party. He was 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 the 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 was the 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.

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

Mr Ingraham was born on 4 August 1947 in Pine Ridge, Grand Bahama.