Cecil Wallace-Whitfield

Bahamians

Born: 20-Mar-1930
Birthplace: Nassau
Died: 09-May-1990
Location of death: Nassau
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Gender: Male
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Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Politician

Executive summary: Founder of the FNM. Leader of the political
movement in 1970, when eight Parliamentary members left the PLP and became
known as “The Dissident Eight”. These men formed the Free-PLP but
subsequently changed the party’s name to the Free National Movement (FNM)
later that year.

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Highlights:
Chairman of Progressive Liberal Party – 1967
Knight of the British Empire 1989

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