The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a political party in the Bahamas formed in the early 1970s and led by Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield.

[1] This group, which was known as the "Dissident Eight", included Arthur Foulkes, Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, Warren J. Levarity, Maurice E. Moore, Curtis McMillan, James (Jimmy) Shepherd, Elwood Donaldson, and George Thompson.

[1] Following meetings held at Spring Hill Farms, the FNM officially became a political party in October 1971, with Wallace-Whitfield as leader.

[1] However, these were heady days for the governing PLP, who had led the country to independence in 1973, and the FNM failed to gain much more than 40% of the vote in a string of general elections defeats.

Ingraham subsequently resigned, both as party leader as well as the Member of Parliament for North Abaco, and announced his retirement from politics following the defeat.

The ruling Free National Movement lost to the opposition Progressive Liberal Party, as the twin challenges of COVID-19 and 2019's Hurricane Dorian left the Bahamian economy struggling to recover from its deepest crash since at least 1971.

[6] On 17 September 2021, the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Phillip Davis was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bahamas to succeed Hubert Minnis.