Lynden Pindling

Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, (22 March 1930 – 26 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who was the first prime minister of the Bahamas from 1973 to 1992. Pindling is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence.

Pindling served as the first black colonial premier of the Bahamas from 1967 to 1969, being the second and final officeholder. He was leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1956 to 1997 when he resigned from public life under scandal. Pindling won an unbroken string of general elections until 1992, when the PLP lost to the Free National Movement (FNM) led by Hubert Alexander Ingraham. He conceded defeat with the words: "the people of this great little democracy have spoken in a most dignified and eloquent manner and the voice of the people, is the voice of God".