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Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Hubert Alexander Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Bahamas. Bar: Bahamas, 1972.

Background

Ingraham, Hubert Alexander was born on August 4, 1947 in Pine Ridge, The Bahamas. Son of Jerome and Isabella Laroda (Cornish) Ingraham.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Buckingham.

Career

Accounting department Owens-Illinois Sugar Mill Company, Abaco, The Bahamas, The Bahamas Telecomm. Corporation, Chase Manhattan Bank, Nassau, The Bahamas. Articled law clerk The Bahamas, 1972.

Senior partner Christie, Ingraham & Company. Minister housing, national insurance and social services Government Bahamas, 1982—1984. Prime minister Commonwealth of Bahamas, 1992—2002, prime minister, minister finance, since 2007.

Member Her Majesty's Most Honorary Privy Council, since 1993. Chairman The Bahamas Mortgage Corporation.

Achievements

  • Hubert Alexander Ingraham has been listed as a noteworthy Prime Minister of the Bahamas by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elected to national general council Progressive Liberal Party, 1975, re-elected 1982, elected national chairman, 1976, member House of Assembly, since 1977, expelled 1986, elected independent member 1987. Joined Official Opposition, 1990, appointed parliamentary leader, leader Free National Movement, 1990. Member Nassau Junior Chamber of Commerce (officer), Bahamas Junior Chamber of Commerce (officer).

Connections

Married Delores Velma Miller. 5 children.

Father:
Jerome Ingraham

Mother:
Isabella Laroda (Cornish) Ingraham

Spouse:
Delores Velma Miller