22 Facts About Hubert Ingraham

Hubert Ingraham is a member of the Free National Movement Party.

Hubert Ingraham served as leader of the opposition in the House of Assembly of the Bahamas from 2005 to 2007.

Hubert Ingraham was born 4 August 1947 in Pine Ridge, Grand Bahama.

Hubert Ingraham is the son of Jerome Ingraham, a stevedore, and Isabella La-Roda.

Hubert Ingraham grew up in Coopers Town, Abaco and began his education at Coopers Town Public School, later attending the Southern Senior School and the Government High School Evening Institute in Nassau.

Hubert Ingraham was called to the Bahamas Bar in December 1972 and eventually became senior partner in the law firm of Christie, Ingraham and Co.

Hubert Ingraham entered front-line politics in 1975, when he was elected to the National General Council of the then ruling Progressive Liberal Party.

Hubert Ingraham previously served as a member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority and Chairman of the Real Property Tax Tribunal.

In 1976, Hubert Ingraham was elected National Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party and a member of that party's National Executive Committee.

In Parliament, Hubert Ingraham served as a member of the Standing Committee on Privilege and Public Accounts, and as Chairman of an investigative Select Committee on Influence Peddling and Political Contributions.

Hubert Ingraham was re-elected to Parliament in the General Election of June 1982, and appointed Minister of Housing and National Insurance.

Hubert Ingraham stood as an independent candidate in the 1987 general election and was one of only two Members of Parliament expelled from the ruling PLP to have gone on to immediate re-election as an independent.

Hubert Ingraham joined the Official Opposition in April 1990, and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Leader.

In July 1993, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham was made a Privy Counsellor, thus becoming a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

Again on 14 March 1997, Hubert Ingraham led the FNM to an even greater election victory.

Hubert Ingraham pledged that he would serve no longer than two terms or 10 years as Head of Government.

Hubert Ingraham is credited for allowing the Atlantis Paradise Island project to develop.

Hubert Ingraham administered a disengagement of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company in the mid-1990s, severing ties with hundreds of BTC employees, although handing out severance packages for those who opted for the exit packages.

In 2001, Hubert Ingraham announced his decision to step down as party leader and Tommy Turnquest, a member of his Cabinet, emerged from the resultant leadership contest as the party's new leader.

At the time, Hubert Ingraham said that it boiled down to a matter of trust.

Hubert Ingraham says national leadership by the Free National Movement will bring the interests of Bahamians into focus and to the forefront of government's social and economic policies, remove influence peddling from the halls of government, restore integrity and honesty to public life, and reintroduce initiatives to achieve efficient and effective government left in abeyance during the last four and a half years.

On 9 May 2012, Hubert Minnis was elected by the members of the FNM to succeed Ingraham as Leader of the Opposition.