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Lynden Pindling

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It is an indication of the level of Pindling's popularity in the Bahamas at the time that, despite the scandalous claims made against him in the US media, he never felt the need to resign or call an early election. Even with the commission's report fresh in voters' minds, he led his party to another
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A review of Pindling's personal finances by the Commission found that he had spent eight times his reported earnings from 1977 to 1984. According to the Inquiry, "he prime minister and Lady Pindling have received at least $ 57.3 million in cash. Explanations for some of these deposits were given...
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Sir Lynden spent much of his time working to improve the reputation of his country, but became vulnerable to charges of corruption in 1984, when an official commission set up to investigate drug trafficking in the Bahamas found wide evidence of official corruption in his cabinet and the Bahamian
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Lehder boasted to the Colombian media about his involvement in drug trafficking at Norman's Cay and about giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs to the ruling Progressive Liberal Party, but Pindling vigorously denied the accusations, and made a testy appearance on NBC to rebut them.
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He then spent three years at Western Senior School from 1940 to 1943, where the head teacher was musician (and composer of the Bahamian National anthem), Timothy Gibson from whom Pindling also later took piano lessons. Pindling also participated in sports like track and field and softball.
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Following his death, 10 days of official mourning was declared nationwide. On 29 August, Parliament met, and then Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and others paid public tribute. Two days later, all members of the Bahamas Bar did the same in a special session of the Supreme Court.
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As a young boy, Pindling worked for his father's small grocery store which was attached to their home in East Street.He became chief delivery boy using the handlebars of his bike to make drop-offs in neighbouring areas. Earlier, this post had belonged to his then neighbour
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Between the ages seven and nine, Pindling attended all three of the government's junior schools. He spent approximately one year each at Eastern Junior on Bay Street, Southern Junior on Wulff Road and Western Junior on the corner of Meeting Street and Hospital Lane.
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At the 1987 trial of Lehder, prosecutors charged that he and other drug traffickers had paid at least $ 5 million to Pindling for permission to use the Bahamas as a shipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the United
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in the expectation that Pindling would permit McLaney to operate in the islands. Because of the report, Pindling broke his link with McLaney but was not himself prosecuted. Certain prominent mob figures, including
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He first attended Eastern Primary School, then located on School Lane between Shirley and Dowdeswell Street. He also spent some time at a Seventh-day Adventist primary school at his mother behest.
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police. The commission eventually cleared Sir Lynden of any wrongdoing, but said that he and his wife had at least $ 3.5 million in bank deposits that could not be accounted for.
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Pindling's parents wanted the best possible education available to him that they could afford, which led to Pindling transferring schools frequently in his earlier years.
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In early 1996, Pindling began showing signs of tiredness and was diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. He underwent a ten-week course of radiation treatment at
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Pindling's body was displayed in the House of Assembly on Rawson Square, for public viewing for four days, beginning early in the morning on Thursday, 31 August.
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The FNM would go on to win a second landslide victory in 1997, and Pindling retired from politics shortly afterward. He was succeeded as party leader by
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In May 1956, Pindling got married. The following month, he successfully contested Nassau's Southern District constituency in the 1956 general election.
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In 1973, during a U.S. Senate subcommittee investigation of corrupt offshore finances, mob elements accused Mike McLaney and his associate
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In the summer of 1943, Pindling along with hundreds of children from all over The Bahamas took examinations for enrolment in the selective
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of having offered a contract to kill Pindling for reneging on the deal. This plot was discredited, but new elements of the control of the
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and, in a dramatic power-to-the-people gesture, throwing the mace out of a window onto the street, which temporarily halted proceedings.
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On 4 September, a full state funeral was held at the Church of God of Prophecy in New Providence, led by a long procession, with the
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to Nassau to investigate charges of widespread corruption in the Bahamian political system. The four-man commission was headed by
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The commission also found, however, that Pindling, during his campaign, had been funded and aided by U.S. casino operator
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He would go on to win successive elections to the House of Assembly in 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992 and 1997.
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Pindling was born on 22 March 1930 to Arnold and Viola (née Bain) Pindling in his grandfather's home in Mason's Addition,
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In early July 2000, the cancer was found to have spread to his bones and Pindling was prescribed palliative care.
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On 27 April 1965, a day known in Bahamian history as "Black Tuesday", Pindling delivered a speech in the
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Pindling was elected in 1967 on a platform that included hostility to gambling, corruption and the
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He served as the first black premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as
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Pindling was elected the party's Parliamentary Leader over the dynamic and popular labour leader
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On 5 May 1956, Pindling married Marguerite McKenzie (later Lady Pindling and, in her own right,
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He became Parliamentary Leader of the party when PLP Chairman and de facto leader,
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His body was laid to rest at St Agnes Cemetery on Nassau Street in a mausoleum.
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measures in the form of the National Insurance Scheme, and the formation of the
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On 10 January 1967, the PLP and the governing United Bahamian Party (led by
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking and Government Corruption
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Through murder and extortion, Lehder had gained complete control over the
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Pindling died on Saturday, 26 August 2000 at his home on Skyline Drive,
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The Pindlings were married from 1956 until Sir Lynden's death in 2000.
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In a dramatic turn of events, Pindling ended his speech by taking the
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who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the
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Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
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at its front and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Band at its rear.
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for Andros-Kemp's Bay & Andros – South Andros & Mangrove Cay
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He is also depicted on the current one dollar Bahamian bank note.
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was renamed Lynden Pindling International Airport in his honour.
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The public outcry, however, led to the creation in 1983 of the
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Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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By the end of 1953, Pindling had joined the newly-formed
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Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Elizabeth II
Sir John Paul
Sir Milo Butler
Sir Gerald Cash
Sir Henry Taylor
Sir Clifford Darling
Hubert Ingraham
Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
Elizabeth II
Premier of the Bahamas
Elizabeth II
Sir Roland Symonette
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Minister of Finance of the Bahamas
Arthur Dion Hanna
Paul Adderley
Nassau
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Marguerite McKenzie
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