Lynden Pindling
The Right Excellent and Right Honourable Sir Lynden Pindling | |
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Pindling in 1971 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of the Bahamas | |
| In office 10 May 1969 – 21 August 1992 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governors General | Sir John Paul Sir Milo Butler Sir Gerald Cash Sir Henry Taylor Sir Clifford Darling |
| Preceded by | Himself as Premier |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Ingraham |
| 2nd Premier of the Bahamas | |
| In office 16 January 1967 – 10 May 1969 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Roland Symonette |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Prime Minister |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1984–1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Arthur Dion Hanna |
| Succeeded by | Paul Adderley |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office June 1956 – 1967 | |
| Constituency | New Providence South |
| In office January 1967 – July 9, 1997 | |
| Constituency | Andros-Kemp's Bay & Andros – South Andros & Mangrove Cay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lynden Oscar Pindling 22 March 1930 |
| Died | 26 August 2000 (aged 70) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Party | Progressive Liberal |
| Spouse | Marguerite McKenzie |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, (22 March 1930 – 26 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who was the first prime minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. Pindling is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence.
Pindling served as the first black colonial premier of the Bahamas from 1967 to 1969, being the second and final officeholder. He was leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1956 to 1997 when he resigned from public life under scandal. Pindling won an unbroken string of general elections until 1992, when the PLP lost to the Free National Movement (FNM) led by Hubert Alexander Ingraham. He conceded defeat with the words: "the people of this great little democracy have spoken in a most dignified and eloquent manner and the voice of the people, is the voice of God".