Rome Italia Johnson Explained

Rome Italia Johnson
Office:Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas
Primeminister:Hubert Ingraham
Term Start:9 April 1997
Term End:22 May 2002
Predecessor:Vernon Symonette
Successor:Oswald Ingraham
Birth Date:1 August 1954
Party:Free 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. She is a member of Free National Movement.

References

  1. Web site: Rome Johnson . Caribbean Elections . 26 December 2022.
  2. News: Woman Named Speaker of The Bahamas House of Assembly . 26 December 2022 . The Washington Informer . October 13, 2021.
  3. Web site: The Bahamas Government . web.archive.org . 9 April 2002.