Dame Ivy Leona Dumont, is a Bahamian politician who served as the seventh governor-general of the Bahamas.
16 Facts About Ivy Dumont
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Ivy Dumont was the first woman in the Bahamas to hold this office, from 1 January 2002 until 30 November 2005.
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Ivy Dumont previously served as Minister of Education from 1995 to 2001.
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Ivy Dumont furthered her studies at the Bahamas Teachers' Training College earning her training teaching certificate in 1951.
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Ivy Dumont began working for the Ministry of Education and Culture as a student teacher and earned her full teaching certificate in 1954.
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From 1968 to 1970, Ivy Dumont attended the University of Miami, graduating with her bachelor's degree in education.
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Ivy Dumont then began working as the deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Works and Utilities in 1975.
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Ivy Dumont continued her own education and enrolled at Nova University in 1976.
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Ivy Dumont remained with Nat West for the next thirteen years, serving as an assistant manager, then personnel manager and group relations manager, before retiring in 1991.
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In 1992, Ivy Dumont was appointed to the Senate as a representative of the Free National Movement.
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Ivy Dumont held this post until 1995, when she was moved to the Ministry of Education and Training.
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That ministry and Ivy Dumont's post transitioned to the Ministry of Education in 1997.
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Ivy Dumont retired from the cabinet in 2000, but retained her Senate seat.
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In 2001, when Sir Orville Turnquest resigned as Governor-General to facilitate his son Tommy Turnquest's run for party leadership the following year, Ivy Dumont was selected as his interim replacement on 13 November 2001.
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Ivy Dumont was confirmed as the permanent Governor-General on 1 January 2002, becoming the first woman to hold the post.
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Ivy Dumont resigned from the post on 30 November 2005 and the following day was feted with a farewell ceremony commemorating her fifty-eight years in public service.