Lynden Pindling

Sir Lynden Pindling
1st Prime Minister of the Bahamas
In office
10 July 1973 – 21 August 1992
MonarchElizabeth II
Governors GeneralSir John Paul
Sir Milo Butler
Sir Gerald Cash
Sir Henry Taylor
Sir Clifford Darling
Preceded byHimself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
Succeeded byHubert Ingraham
1st Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
In office
10 May 1969 – 10 July 1973
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byHimself as Premier of the Bahamas
Succeeded byHimself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
2nd Premier of the Bahamas
In office
16 January 1967 – 10 May 1969
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Roland Symonette
Succeeded byHimself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
Member of Parliament
for New Providence South
In office
June 1956 – 1967
Member of Parliament
for Andros-Kemp's Bay & Andros – South Andros & Mangrove Cay
In office
January 1967 – July 9, 1997
Minister of Finance of the Bahamas
In office
1984–1990
Preceded byArthur Dion Hanna
Succeeded byPaul Adderley
Personal details
Born
Lynden Oscar Pindling

(1930-03-22)22 March 1930
Nassau, Bahamas, British West Indies
Died26 August 2000(2000-08-26) (aged 70)
Nassau, Bahamas
Political partyProgressive Liberal
SpouseMarguerite McKenzie
Alma materKing's College London

Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, KCMG, PC, NH, JP (22 March 1930 – 26 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence.

He served as the first black premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992.

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".