Rome Italia Johnson

Rome Italia Johnson
Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas
In office
9 April 1997 – 22 May 2002
Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham
Preceded byVernon Symonette
Succeeded byOswald Ingraham
Personal details
Born1 August 1954
Political partyFree National Movement

Rome Italia Johnson is a Bahamian former insurance executive who served as the Speaker of the Bahamas House of Assembly from April 1997 until May 2002.[1] Also called Speaker, not President, she was the first female to serve in that position.[2]

She was born 1 August 1954 in Nassau. She went to University of Miami and Georgetown University in Washington.[3] From 1977 until 1992 she worked in the insurance industry and she was the first female President of the Life Underwriters Association of the Bahamas.[1] She is a member of Free National Movement.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rome Johnson". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Woman Named Speaker of The Bahamas House of Assembly". The Washington Informer. October 13, 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "The Bahamas Government". 9 April 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-04-09.


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