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Lynden Pindling

1930 - 2000

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Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, KCMG, PC, NH, JP (22 March 1930 – 26 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence. He served as the first black premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. He was leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1956 to 1997 when he resigned from public life under scandal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lynden Pindling has received more than 319,077 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lynden Pindling is the 16,691st most popular politician (down from 15,917th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from The Bahamas and the 5th most popular Bahamian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lynden Pindling ranks 16,691 out of 19,576. Before him are Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, Nicolas Alfonsi, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Donald Kalpokas, and Nadiya Savchenko. After him are James McHenry, Oswulf of Northumbria, Lilia Podkopayeva, Bill Pickering, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, and Michael Glos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Lynden Pindling ranks 542. Before him are Richard A. Falk, Lionel Cox, Carlos Lucas, Nevin Çokay, Michele Giordano, and György Mitró. After him are Armando Segato, Andrew Sachs, Kauko Hänninen, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, John Cullum, and Geeta Bali. Among people deceased in 2000, Lynden Pindling ranks 323. Before him are Marceline Day, Helmut Berthold, Diógenes Domínguez, Athanasios Vouros, Lino Nessi, and Émile Mercier. After him are Alla Rakha, Émile Druart, Alberto Demiddi, Jafar Salmasi, Francis Lederer, and Chidambaram Subramaniam.

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In The Bahamas

Among people born in The Bahamas, Lynden Pindling ranks 8 out of 31. Before him are Perry Christie (1943), Durward Knowles (1917), Philip Davis (1951), Kimbo Slice (1974), Sebastian Bach (1968), and Hubert Minnis (1954). After him are Calvin Lockhart (1934), Donald Thomas (1984), Persia White (1972), Mark Knowles (1971), Chandra Sturrup (1971), and Shaunae Miller-Uibo (1994).

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Among POLITICIANS In The Bahamas

Among politicians born in The Bahamas, Lynden Pindling ranks 5. Before him are Arthur Foulkes (1928), Perry Christie (1943), Philip Davis (1951), and Hubert Minnis (1954).

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