Marguerite Pindling

Dame Marguerite Pindling
Governor-General of the Bahamas
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2014
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Perry Christie
Preceded by Arthur Foulkes
Personal details
Born Marguerite McKenzie
26 June 1932
Long Bay Cay, Bahamas
Spouse(s) Lynden Pindling

Dame Marguerite Pindling, GCMG (born 26 June 1932, née McKenzie) is the Governor-General of the Bahamas since 8 July 2014.[1]

Background

She was born to Reuben and Viola McKenzie in South Andros on 26 June 1932.[1] She moved to Nassau in 1946 to live with her sister and attended the Western Senior School.[2] She later became an assistant to photographer Stanley Toogood. Soon after she and Lynden Pindling met; the couple married on 5 May 1956 and remained married until his death on 26 August 2000.[3]

Family and personal life

Dame Marguerite is the widow of Lynden Pindling, Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969-1992 the couple had four children.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bahamas New Governor General‏ Announced". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Dame Marguerite Pindling Sworn In As 10th Governor General of the Bahamas". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. "The life and times of Dame Marguerite Pindling, October 28th", Bahamas Historical Society. Bahamas Weekly, 23 October 2010,
Government offices
Preceded by
Arthur Foulkes
Governor General of the Bahamas
2014–present
Incumbent