User:Luziyca/Sandbox
Her Excellency The Right Honourable Agnes Ingram | |
|---|---|
 Agnes Ingram, 2012 | |
| 11th President of Imagua and the Assimas | |
| In office 23 April, 2008 – 23 April, 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Saverio Merante Edmondo Privitera |
| Preceded by | Erico D'Antonio |
| Succeeded by | Edmondo Privitera |
| 18th Prime Minister of Imagua and the Assimas | |
| In office 23 April, 2004 – 23 April, 2008 | |
| President | Erico D'Antonio |
| Deputy | Saverio Merante |
| Preceded by | Saverio Merante |
| Succeeded by | Saverio Merante |
| Member of Parliament for Knowleston-South | |
| In office 22 May, 1997 – 23 April, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Rod Simpson |
| Succeeded by | Moses Burton |
| Member of Parliament for Knowleston-South | |
| In office 31 August, 1988 – 27 May, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Godfrey Smith |
| Succeeded by | Rod Simpson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Agnes Baldwin 16 August 1945 Knowleston, Saint Isidore's Imagua |
| Nationality | Imaguan |
| Political party | Nationals |
| Spouse | Everett Ingram |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of San Pietro |
Agnes Ingram (née Baldwin, born 16 August, 1945) is a former Imaguan politician who served as the eleventh President from 2008 to 2016, and as the eighteenth Prime Minister. She was the first Bahio-Imaguan to serve as parliamentary leader of the National Party, the first Bahio-Imaguan to be elected as Prime Minister and as President for the National Party, and the first Bahio-Imaguan woman to have been elected to the Presidency.
Early life
Agnes Baldwin was born on 16 August, 1945 in the town of Knowleston in Saint Isidore's Parish, as the youngest of three children, and the second daughter. Her father, Wallace Baldwin was a bricklayer, while her mother, Linda Baldwin was a houswife.
While her early childhood was described as being a "time of struggle," as they lived in poverty, with the development of the suburbs, and Knowleston becoming a commuter town to Nua Taois in the late 1940s and early 1950s, they rose to the middle class.
In 1950, Agnes Baldwin enrolled at the Hugh Northway School, where she was described as being a "proper student." After taking the eleven-plus in 1956, she managed to get into a grammar school, but as the only grammar school in Knowleston was boys-only, she had to take the bus daily to and from Nua Taois to attend the Wensley Grammar School (present-day Wensley Comprehensive School).
At the Wensley Grammar School, she was described as being one of the "best and brightest students," with one teacher saying that if she were a boy, Agnes would be seen as an "exemplar of performance."
After taking the A-levels in 1961, she managed to enter Sixth Form, where she did well, although noted that it was a lonely experience, as there were "only a few girls who were in Sixth Form" at the time. Nonetheless, she graduated with "flying colours" in 1963, and gained a scholarship at the University of San Pietro.
In San Pietro, she majored in nursing, and became a registered nurse in 1963. She moved to Nua Taois, where she worked as a nurse at the King Charles Hospital in Nua Taois, where she met her future husband, Doctor Everett Ingram in 1965. After marrying him in 1967, Agnes continued working as a nurse until the birth of her third daughter, Cynthia, who was born prematurely, and suffered from Ohtahara syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Her daughter's condition forced her to quit her job in nursing, but it also helped introduce Agnes Ingram to politics, with Ingram recounting that during this period, she felt that the Conservatives were more willing to "represent parents of those with disabilities," than the Democratic Labour Party.
Political career
Early political career
After the death of Cynthia Ingram in 1975 from her medical conditions at the King Charles Hospital in Nua Taois, Agnes Ingram and her husband moved their family from Nua Taois to a new suburban development in Knowleston, as they felt that a new home would "ease their grief" and ensure that they would receive a "high-quality education."
There, Agnes Ingram became more involved with the Conservative Party, joining the local constituency association in 1976 on the urging of MP and long-time friend Godfrey Smith. After campaigning for Smith's re-election that year, Agnes Ingram started to work at Smith's constituency office, as a secretary.
During her time as secretary, she helped become Smith's closest confidante, and helped become influential in the local Conservative association. According to her, it "took my mind off my youngest daughter," and allowed her to "contribute to the community" in a meaningful way. She helped campaign for Smith's re-election in 1980, and in 1984.
When Godfrey Smith announced his retirement in 1988, he and the local constituency association nominated Agnes Ingram to run for Smith's old seat in the Lesser House of Parliament.
(TBC)
Personal life
Agnes Ingram married Doctor Everett Ingram in 1967, after first meeting at the King Charles Hospital in Nua Taois. Together, they have three children: Jerry Ingram, born in 1968, Judy Duran, born in 1970, and Cynthia Ingram, born in 1973, and died in 1975 from Ohtahara syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Of the two children that survived to adulthood, Jerry Ingram was a footballer who played from 1989 to 2001 in the Imaguan Football League, while Judy Duran is a doctor. They have three grandchildren: two from Jerry, with a grandson born in 1996, and a granddaughter 1999, and a grandson from Judy Doran in 2002.
Honours
Domestic
- File:ImaguaFlag.png - Companion of the Order of Imagua, 2017
