CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6, 2021 – Bahamas Honorary Consul in Chicago Michael C Fountain posted the following on the consulate’s Facebook page that we decided to share with readers of BAHAMAS CHRONICLE and offer our congratulations for the excellent job he is doing in representing The Bahamas diplomatically in the Midwestern United states: “The Bahamas Honorary Consulate in Chicago celebrates seven years today as the first fully accredited diplomatic post representing the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in the Midwestern United States: 6 March 2014 – 6 March 2021.”
Although the Bahamas consulate in Chicago was accredited on March 6, 2014, Mr. Fountain was officially introduced as The Bahamas honorary consul to the Chicago community by the then Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell at a reception in Chicago on Friday, September 5, 2014.
The states served by Mr. Fountain include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin.
