Arthur Dion Hanna
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A.D. Hanna | |
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| 8th Governor-General of the Bahamas | |
| In office 1 February 2006 – 14 April 2010[1] | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Perry Christie Hubert Ingraham |
| Preceded by | Paul Adderley (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Foulkes |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas | |
| In office 20 February 1968 – 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Lynden Pindling |
| Succeeded by | Clement T. Maynard |
| Minister of Finance of the Bahamas | |
| In office 1973–1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Lynden Pindling |
| Preceded by | Carlton Francis |
| Succeeded by | Lynden Pindling |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1928 Acklins Island, Bahamas[2] |
| Died | 3 August 2021 (aged 93) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Political party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Arthur Dion "A. D." Hanna (7 March 1928 – 3 August 2021) was a Bahamian politician who served as the eighth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2006 to 2010.
Early life
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A. D. Hanna was born on 7 March 1928.[3] His family moved to Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas where his father was a lighthouse keeper for the famous red and white candy-striped lighthouse.
Despite the population of Hope Town being predominantly white, as the island was settled by British Loyalists banished from the American colonies after the American Revolution, Hanna attended school and received his education in a one-room schoolhouse like everyone else during this time period. Black, white, or mixed race like Arthur Dion Hanna, no one was refused an education. From there, he moved to Nassau and became involved in politics.
Political career
[edit]Hanna was active in Bahamian politics since the 1950s. As a member of the Progressive Liberal Party, Hanna represented the Ann's Town, Nassau constituency as an MP in the Bahamas' House of Assembly from 1960 to 1992.
During this time, Hanna assumed a number of important cabinet posts, including Minister of Education (1967-1968).[4] He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister from 20 February 1968[5] to 1984, and Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1984.[6]
In 1984, Hanna resigned his post as deputy prime minister in protest at the retention by Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling of cabinet colleagues who were heavily criticised by a Royal Commission of Enquiry of that same year. The commission was established to investigate claims of high-level corruption allegedly linked to the flourishing drugs trade of the 1980s. His resignation came within a week of the firing from the Cabinet of Hubert Ingraham and Perry Christie, who also were said to have taken a strong stand against the presence in the cabinet of ministers tarnished by the commission and who both later served successive terms as prime minister.
On 1 February 2006, Hanna was appointed Governor General of the Bahamas by Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Bahamas, on the advice of Prime Minister Perry Christie.[7] He retired on 14 April 2010 and was succeeded by Sir Arthur Foulkes. His daughter, Glenys, became an MP for Englerston.[when?][8]
In 2014, the first Legend-class patrol boat of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force was commissioned as HMBS Arthur Dion Hanna. He died on 3 August 2021, at the age of 93.[9][8]
Honours
[edit]Despite being offered a knighthood as is customary for governors-general, Hanna refused British honours and instead advocated for a Bahamian honours system.[10]
Bahamas:
Member of the Order of the Bahamas (2018)[11]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Sir Arthur Foulkes is new Governor-General". Bahama Islands Info. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ E. Dupuch, Jr., Bahamas Handbook and Businessman's Annual, 1992.
- ^ "Bahamas Handbook and Businessman's Annual". Etienne Dupuch, Jr. Publications. 4 August 1978 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dames, Terren (1 May 2010). "The Historical Development of Tertiary Education in the Bahamas: The College of the Bahamas, Past, Present, and Future".
- ^ Bahamianologist, The (15 December 2023). "Deputy Prime Minister post created by Pindling to help save Majority Rule - 20th February 1968 · Bahamianology". Bahamianology.
- ^ "The minister of finance | Bahamas Local News". bahamaslocal.com.
- ^ "A. D. Hanna Appointed Governor General". The Bahama Journal. 31 January 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ a b "REST EASY: Bahamian founding father Arthur Hanna dies at 93". Eyewitness News. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.
- ^ Rolle, Rashad (3 August 2021). "A TRUE BAHAMIAN PATRIOT: Former Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna dies age 93". tribune242.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.
- ^ END OF AN ERA; LAST OF THE LIONS: AD Hanna’s death lamented as nation’s greatest loss since death of Sir Lynden
- ^ "First of National Honours Bestowed Upon Sir Orville Turnquest and The Hon. A.D. Hanna". Bahamas Press. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020.