Iram Lewis

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| name = Iram Lewis

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| image = Minister Iram Lewis (2020).jpg

| caption = Lewis in 2020

| office = Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture

| primeminister = Hubert Minnis

| term_start = March 2021

| term_end = September 2021

| predecessor = Lanisha Rolle

| office1 = Member of Parliament
for Central Grand Bahama

| term_start1 = May 2017

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| predecessor1 = Neko Grant

| successor = Mario Bowleg

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| birth_name = Iram Dewitt Lewis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|5|3}}

| birth_place = Freeport, Bahamas

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| party = Coalition of Independents

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Iram Dewitt Lewis (born 3 May 1965) is a Bahamian Coalition of Independents politician and former sprinter who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Grand Bahama since 2017. He became the president of the Grand Bahama Amateur Athletic Association in 2015.http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/nov/13/iram-lewis-elected-gbaaa-president/ GBAAA President He was appointed Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in March 2021.

He participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a member of the men's 4 × 100 m relay team. They advanced through their first heat and into the semifinals in 1996 but did not do this in 2000. Lewis' personal best 100m time is 10.20, set in 1988 (Tuskegee University) 9.95 (wind-aided Fl.) 200m 20.64 1998 Nassau.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/iram-lewis-1.html |title=Iram Lewis Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=2016-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308123433/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/iram-lewis-1.html |archivedate=2016-03-08 }} Stats page

Early life

Lewis was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama. He is the son of the Reverend Aram Lewis. He attended Water Cay All Age School, where he was made Head Boy, and then Freeport High School. He pursued an Associate of Arts at the College of the Bahamas before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts then a graduate degree, Bachelor of Architecture from Tuskegee University.

Personal life

Lewis lost his son in 2015. {{Cite journal|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/mar/03/i-consider-it-honour-god-has-ordained-me-even-i-wa/|title='I Consider It An Honour That God Has Ordained This For Me Even Before I Was In My Mother's Womb'|journal=The Tribune|first=Brent|last=Stubbs|date=3 March 2021|accessdate=17 September 2021}}

Political life

On April 2 2025, Iram Lewis announced his decicision to withdraw from the Free National Movement, citing "an erosion of trust, lack of support, and a sense of unease over the direction his former party has taken as elections draw nearer".{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tribune242.com/news/2025/apr/02/iram-resigns-central-gb-mp-leaves-fnm-for-coalition-of-independents/|title= 'IRAM RESIGNS: Central GB MP leaves FNM for Coalition of Independents'|journal=The Tribune|first=Ava|last=Turnquest|date=2 April 2025|accessdate=2 April 2025}} He subsequently joined the Coalition of Independents, becoming the first sitting Member of Parliament to represent the party.