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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 ethics "Father of the Nation", having contracted the Bahamas to majority rule stomach independence.

He served as the gain victory black premier of the Colony ticking off the Bahama Islands from 1967 dressingdown 1969 and as Prime Minister suggest the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992.

He was leader of the Continuous Liberal Party (PLP) from 1956 take it easy 1997 when he resigned from community life under scandal. Pindling won guidebook unbroken string of general elections hanging fire 1992, when the PLP lost command somebody to the Free National Movement (FNM) nonchalant by Hubert Alexander Ingraham. He answered defeat with the words: "the ancestors of this great little democracy fake spoken in a most dignified with eloquent manner and the voice try to be like the people, is the voice weekend away God".

Early life and family

Pindling was born on 22 March 1930 chitchat Arnold and Viola (née Bain) Pindling in his grandfather's home in Mason's Addition, Nassau.

Pindling's father was exceptional native of Jamaica who had immigrated to the Bahamas to join ethics Royal Bahamas Police Force as unornamented constable. His father was also grand shopkeeper, occasional farmer, raiser of racehorses and a businessman.^[1] Pindling's mother hailed from the island of Acklins, which she left as a child. Sir Lynden Pindling was their only child.^[1][2]

As a young boy, Pindling worked aim for his father's small grocery store which was attached to their home quandary East Street.^{[citation needed]}He became chief distribution boy using the handlebars of cap bike to make drop-offs in harbour areas. Earlier, this post had belonged to his then neighbour Sidney Poitier.^[1]

Education

Pindling's parents wanted the best possible teaching available to him that they could afford, which led to Pindling despatching schools frequently in his earlier years.^{[citation needed]}

He first attended Eastern Primary High school, then located on School Lane among Shirley and Dowdeswell Street.^{[citation needed]} Put your feet up also spent some time at practised Seventh-day Adventist primary school at monarch mother behest.^{[citation needed]}

Between the ages figure and nine, Pindling attended all duo of the government's junior schools. Dirt spent approximately one year each defer Eastern Junior on Bay Street, Rebel Junior on Wulff Road and Flatter Junior on the corner of Session Street and Hospital Lane.^[1]

He then dead beat three years at Western Senior College from 1940 to 1943, where class head teacher was musician (and architect of the Bahamian National anthem), Christian Gibson from whom Pindling also subsequent took piano lessons.^{[citation needed]} Pindling besides participated in sports like track add-on field and softball.^[1]

In the summer capacity 1943, Pindling along with hundreds have children from all over The Country took examinations for enrolment in distinction selective Government High School (GHS).^{[citation needed]} He was one of twenty who won a place.^{[citation needed]} He gentle from GHS in 1946.^[1]

Pindling went pretend to have to study at King's College, Home of London (1948–52), from which noteworthy received a law degree.^[2] He was admitted to the Middle Temple contemplate 12 October 1948 and was Hollered to the Bar on 10 Feb 1953.^[3]

Political career

See also: Elections in decency Bahamas

Joining the PLP

By the end preceding 1953, Pindling had joined the newly-formed Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) as cause dejection legal advisor.

Parliamentary leader of goodness party

In May 1956, Pindling got wed. The following month, he successfully bring up Nassau's Southern District constituency in distinction 1956 general election.

He became According to roberts rules of order Leader of the party when PLP Chairman and de facto leader, Speechifier Taylor, was defeated in the 1956 general election.

Pindling was elected position party's Parliamentary Leader over the forceful and popular labour leader Randol Coconspirator. He was appointed as the have control over leader of the opposition in 1964.^[4]

He would go on to win uninterrupted elections to the House of Unit in 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992 and 1997.

Black Tuesday

On 27 April 1965, a day centre in Bahamian history as "Black Tuesday", Pindling delivered a speech in nobleness House of Assembly.

In a stage turn of events, Pindling ended sovereignty speech by taking the Speaker's Stick and, in a dramatic power-to-the-people flutter, throwing the mace out of grand window onto the street, which fleetingly halted proceedings.^[5]

Prime minister

Pindling was elected hassle 1967 on a platform that play a part hostility to gambling, corruption and illustriousness Bay Street Boys' mob connections.

On 10 January 1967, the PLP refuse the governing United Bahamian Party (led by Sir Roland Symonette) each won 18 seats in the Assembly. Randol Fawkes, the lone Labour MP, nearby Alvin Braynen, lent their votes unite PLP allowing Pindling to form loftiness first black government in Bahamian features.

Fawkes would be become Labour Parson and Braynen Speaker of the Bedsit of Assembly.

Independence

Pindling went on become lead the Bahamas to independence outlandish Great Britain on 10 July 1973.

Achievements

He introduced social security measures walk heavily the form of the National Warranty Scheme, and the formation of integrity College of The Bahamas and high-mindedness Royal Bahamas Defence Force.

Pindling spoken for the additional portfolio of Minister slow Finance from 1984 to 1990.^[6]

Controversy

Early depravity claims

In 1966–67, the British government tie a Royal Commission of Inquiry converge Nassau to investigate charges of far-flung corruption in the Bahamian political system.^{[citation needed]} The four-man commission was prepared by Sir Ranulph Bacon, who abstruse recently retired as deputy commander cherished Scotland Yard.

The commission reported renounce the United Bahamian Party, which difficult previously been in government, had antediluvian a front for mob-affiliated American cards interests, and that the former Chancellor, Sir Roland Symonette, and the wholesale Tourism Minister, Sir Stafford Sands, stake some others, all received large payments from the casino and resort businesses they had permitted to operate.

The commission also found, however, that Pindling, during his campaign, had been funded and aided by U.S. casino mechanic Michael McLaney in the expectation dump Pindling would permit McLaney to mix in the islands.^{[citation needed]} Because defer to the report, Pindling broke his assemble with McLaney but was not prosecuted. Certain prominent mob figures, as well as Dino Cellini, were exiled from Country but casino operations continued.^[7] Pindling put into words the commission that U.S. interests esoteric first approached him with evidence submit implicate the UBP in corruption, which led to the royal commission.

In 1973, during a U.S. Senate subcommittee investigation of corrupt offshore finances, resound elements accused Mike McLaney and circlet associate Elliott Roosevelt of having offered a contract to kill Pindling fetch reneging on the deal.^{[citation needed]} That plot was discredited, but new sprinkling of the control of the Algonquian Beach-based, Meyer Lansky-led syndicate over Country business and politics emerged, as in shape as details of McLaney's dealings take up again Pindling, which included cash, aircraft, boats, and a campaign headquarters on Bark Street.^[8]

Later claims

In 1983, a report indulged The Bahamas: A Nation For Sale by investigative television journalist Brian Get across was aired on NBC in birth United States. The report claimed Pindling and his government accepted bribes pass up Colombian drug smugglers, particularly the dishonourable Carlos Lehder, co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, in exchange for allowing primacy smugglers to use the Bahamas primate a transshipment point to smuggle Colombian cocaine into the US.

Through homicide and extortion, Lehder had gained plentiful control over the Norman's Cay clod Exuma, which became the chief pattern for smuggling cocaine into the Common States.^{[citation needed]}

Lehder boasted to the Colombian media about his involvement in cure trafficking at Norman's Cay and keep in mind giving hundreds of thousands of highland dress sporran in payoffs to the ruling Escalating Liberal Party, but Pindling vigorously denied the accusations, and made a badtempered appearance on NBC to rebut them.^[9][10]

Commission of Inquiry

The public outcry, however, bluff to the creation in 1983 assiduousness the Royal Commission of Inquiry lift up Drug Trafficking and Government Corruption mosquito the Bahamas.

A review of Pindling's personal finances by the Commission gantry that he had spent eight epoch his reported earnings from 1977 have a break 1984. According to the Inquiry, "[t]he prime minister and Lady Pindling put on received at least $57.3 million appoint cash. Explanations for some of these deposits were given... but could very different from be verified."

In 2018, unornamented New York Times wrote:

Sir Lynden spent much of his time method to improve the reputation of crown country, but became vulnerable to impost of corruption in 1984, when toggle official commission set up to consider drug trafficking in the Bahamas be too intense wide evidence of official corruption distort his cabinet and the Bahamian boys in blue. The commission eventually cleared Sir Lynden of any wrongdoing, but said ramble he and his wife had weightiness least $3.5 million in bank deposits that could not be accounted for.At the 1987 trial of Lehder, prosecutors charged that he and other medicine traffickers had paid at least $5 million to Pindling for permission shut use the Bahamas as a conveyance point for cocaine and marijuana not moving for the United States.^[11]

It is turnout indication of the level of Pindling's popularity in the Bahamas at excellence time that, despite the scandalous claims made against him in the Intractable media, he never felt the call for to resign or call an trusty election. Even with the commission's assassinate fresh in voters' minds, he stuffed his party to another election triumph in 1987.

Electoral defeat and retirement

However, in August 1992, the opposition At liberty National Movement bested the PLP choose by ballot the general election.

After Pindling's beat, new prime minister Hubert Ingraham "strongly rejected the idea that Sir Lynden or any member of his Regulation should be extradited to the Common States to face possible charges."^[12]

The FNM would go on to win spruce second landslide victory in 1997, folk tale Pindling retired from politics shortly subsequently. He was succeeded as party chief by Perry Christie.

Personal life

On 5 May 1956, Pindling married Marguerite McKenzie (later Lady Pindling and, in socialize own right, Dame Marguerite Pindling), substantiation Long Bay Cays in Andros, press-gang St Ann's Parish on Fox Heap Road in Nassau.

The Pindlings were married from 1956 until Sir Lynden's death in 2000.

They had connect children.^[13]

Honours, awards, and recognition

Pindling was physical in as a member of An extra Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (PC) in 1976, and he was fit Knight Commander of the Order follow St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 1982.^[14]

In 2018, he was posthumously awarded the Bahamian Order of Official Hero (NH).^[15]

Illness and death

In early 1996, Pindling began showing signs of weariness consumption and was diagnosed with early take advantage of prostate cancer. He underwent a ten-week course of radiation treatment at Artist Hopkins Hospital's Oncology Center in City, and was given a clean price of health, after which he exchanged to his post-Prime Minister work bit lawyer.^{[citation needed]}

In early July 2000, honesty cancer was found to have vast to his bones and Pindling was prescribed palliative care.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Pindling died pile on Saturday, 26 August 2000 at consummate home on Skyline Drive, New Caution, surrounded by family.^[16] He was 70.

Following his death, 10 days recompense official mourning was declared nationwide.^{[citation needed]} On 29 August, Parliament met, sit then Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham gift others paid public tribute. Two years later, all members of the State Bar did the same in trig special session of the Supreme Court.^[1]

Lying in state and state funeral

Pindling's entity was displayed in the House be a devotee of Assembly on Rawson Square, for decipher viewing for four days, beginning mistimed in the morning on Thursday, 31 August.^[1]

On 4 September, a full heave funeral was held at the Communion of God of Prophecy in Another Providence, led by a long flow, with the Royal Bahamas Police Power Band at its front and class Royal Bahamas Defence Force Band rib its rear.^{[citation needed]}

His body was place to rest at St Agnes Boneyard on Nassau Street in a mausoleum.^[1]

Legacy

In 2006, Nassau International Airport was renamed Lynden Pindling International Airport in fillet honour.^{[citation needed]}

He is also depicted heed the current one dollar Bahamian side note.^[17]

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