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Emails are serviced by Constant Contact. Early life and education. He became party chairman in He has been re-elected on six consecutive occasions as the representative for that constituency. He held the post for only two years. His strong personal political support in his constituency permitted him to continue to speak out against corruption in the government and to call for radical changes in the political culture of patronage and nepotism. His re-election to Parliament as an Independent in made him a political force to be reckoned with.
In May of the same year he was elected leader of the party and appointed Leader of the Official Opposition. He imprinted his style on the FNM. He made his belief in and calls for honest, open transparent and accountable government, a fundamental tenet of his new party and energized its various factions to pull off a stunning victory over the ruling party in a by-election in the Marco City constituency in Grand Bahama in June, A child of working-class parents, Prime Minister Ingraham has a strong social conscience, which influenced the policies of his party and government.
However, he is a pragmatic politician and notwithstanding his strong identification with and ties to the grassroots of society, he has cultivated important relationships with the business community of The Bahamas. He and his government have been credited with the revitalization of The Bahamas economy since , most particularly of its tourism sector, which has enjoyed massive international capital infusions over the past seven years and its financial services sector, which restored confidence in The Bahamas as a clean financial jurisdiction spurred increased international banking and trust businesses in recent years.
As a result of his government's defeat in the Bahamian general election, , Ingraham announced his resignation as FNM leader and as an MP, his resignation will take effect on 26 May Honours and awards. On 3 March , he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Buckingham, England. Personal life. He is married to the former Delores Miller of Long Island, a public high school principal.
The couple had five children. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Site Map. Hubert Alexander Ingraham.
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