Free National Movement

The Free National Movement (FNM) is a Bahamian conservative and centre-right political party and one of the two principal parties in the country's two-party system. It emerged in the early 1970s from dissidents within the governing Progressive Liberal Party and elements of the former United Bahamian Party, and was initially led by Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. It became the principal alternative to the PLP in the years surrounding Bahamian independence.

The party first won power in the 1992 general election under Hubert Ingraham, ending the PLP's 25 years in government, and was re-elected in 1997. It returned to office in the 2007 general election and again won a landslide in the 2017 general election under Hubert Minnis, before suffering heavy defeats in the 2021 and 2026 general elections. The FNM has generally been associated with free enterprise, government accountability, and administrative reform. Its current leader is Michael Pintard, who continued as Leader of the Opposition after the 2026 election.