Ivy Dumont

The Most Honourable
Dame Ivy Dumont
DCMG
7th Governor-General of the Bahamas
In office
1 January 2002 – 30 November 2005
Acting: 13 November 2001 – 1 January 2002
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham
Perry Christie
Preceded bySir Orville Turnquest
Succeeded byPaul Adderley (acting)
Personal details
Born (1930-10-02) 2 October 1930 (age 94)
Spouse
Reginald Dumont
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(m. 1951; died 2011)​

Dame Ivy Leona Dumont DCMG (née Turnquest; born 2 October 1930),[1] is a Bahamian politician who served as the seventh governor-general of the Bahamas. She was the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, from 1 January 2002 (on an acting basis since 13 November 2001) until 30 November 2005. She previously served as Minister of Education from 1995 to 2001.[2]

  1. ^ Profile of Dame Ivy Leona Dumont
  2. ^ Dames, Terren (1 May 2010). "The Historical Development of Tertiary Education in the Bahamas: The College of the Bahamas, Past, Present, and Future".