The Bahamas:Former Prime Minister Ingraham quits politics

Former Prime Minister of The Bahamas., Hubert Ingraham. PHOTO/BIS/Sharon Turner

Former Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham has handed his resignation letter to House Speaker Dr. Kendal Major at the House of Assembly. His resignation becomes effective on August 31.

Ingraham, whose Free National Movement party (FNM) was defeated in the May 7 general election, has served The Bahamas as an elected official for 35 years in various capacities – he was the Prime Minister of The Bahamas from August 1992 to May 2002 and again from May 2007 to May 2012.

An election for the leadership of the FNM party is slated for October this year.