Glenys Hanna Martin
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Glenys Hanna-Martin | |
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| Minister of Education, Technical and Vocational Training | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Philip Davis |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Lloyd |
| Minister of Tourism and Aviation | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Perry Christie |
| Succeeded by | Dionisio D'Aguilar |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace |
| Member of Parliament for Englerston | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Philip C. Galanis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Glenys Margaret Elaine Hanna October 27, 1958 Nassau, Bahamas |
| Citizenship | Bahamas |
| Party | Progressive Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Leon "Onni" Martin |
| Children | 3 |
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Glenys Margaret Elaine Hanna-Martin (née Hanna; born 27 October 1958) is a Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party politician and lawyer serving as Minister of Education since 2021. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Englerston since 2002, making her the country's longest serving female parliamentarian.[1]
In 2008, Hanna-Martin became the first woman to hold the position of chairman of a political party in The Bahamas. She was the Minister of Transport and Aviation from 2002 to 2007 and 2012 to 2017.[2]
Glenys Hanna was born in Nassau on to the Hon. Arthur Dion Hanna and Beryl Hanna (née Church).[2]
Her education began at St. Anne's School, Fox Hill. She later attended Queen's College, and matriculated from Padworth College, Reading, England. She continued her studies at York University, Toronto, Ontario, graduating in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts (Specialized Honours) Degree in English Literature. In 1985 she left for the University of Buckingham, England where she obtained her LL.B with top honours having been awarded the Maxwell Law Prize by the institution.
Hanna Martin joined the Inner Temple, London and in 1988, after having successfully completed her Council of Legal Education Course, was called to the Bar of England and Wales, and The Bahamas bar.
