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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 | (1928-03-07)7 March 1928 |
| Died | 3 August 2021(2021-08-03) (aged 93) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Political party | Progressive Liberal Party |
Arthur Dion "A. D." Hanna (7 March 1928 – 3 August 2021) was aBahamian politician who served as the eighthgovernor-general of the Bahamas from 2006 to 2010.
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A. D. Hanna was born on 7 March 1928.[3] His family moved toHope 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.
Hanna was active in Bahamian politics since the 1950s. As a member of theProgressive Liberal Party, Hanna represented theAnn's Town, Nassau constituency as anMP in the Bahamas'House of Assembly from 1960 to 1992.
During this time, Hanna assumed a number of important cabinet posts, includingMinister of Education (1967-1968).[4] He was appointedDeputy Prime Minister from 20 February 1968[5] to 1984, andMinister of Finance from 1973 to 1984.[6]
In 1984, Hanna resigned his post as deputy prime minister in protest at the retention by Prime MinisterSir 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 ofHubert Ingraham andPerry 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 appointedGovernor General of the Bahamas by QueenElizabeth II,Queen of Bahamas, on the advice of Prime MinisterPerry Christie.[7] He retired on 14 April 2010 and was succeeded by SirArthur 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 asHMBSArthur Dion Hanna. He died on 3 August 2021, at the age of 93.[9][8]
Despite being offered a knighthood as is customary for governors-general, Hanna refused British honours and instead advocated for a Bahamian honours system.[10]
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Member of theOrder of the Bahamas (2018)[11]| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by Paul Adderley Acting | Governor General of the Bahamas 2006–2012 | Succeeded by |