Pindling biography
Sir lynden oscar pindling biography...
Pindling biography
Lynden Pindling
Bahamian politician (1930–2000)
Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling,KCMG, PC, NH, JP (22 March 1930 – 26 August 2000) was a Bahamianpolitician 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".
Early life and family
Pindling was born on 22 March 1930 to Arnold and Viola (née Bain) Pindling in his