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The prime minister of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Praim Minista a Jumieka) is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness.Holness, as leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was sworn in as prime minister on 7 September 2020, having been re-elected as a result of the JLP's landslide victory in the 2020 Jamaican general election.
Mr. Holness was born to working class parents on July 22, 1972 in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. At 43, Mr. Holness is Jamaica’s youngest Prime Minister to date and the first born after National Independence. He is married to Juliet, who is a first term Member of Parliament for East Rural St Andrew, a Chartered Accountant and Real Estate Developer.
St. Catherine High School. Alma mater. University of the West Indies, Mona (BSc, MSc) Northeastern University (DLP) Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC DLP (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party ...
He is currently serving four unbroken terms in the House, giving him more than 20 years of service as an elected representative. Prime Minister Holness has held several high-level positions within both the Executive and Legislative branches of the Government of Jamaica, which enabled him to work in several key sectors, such as social welfare, community development, housing, and education.
A List Jamaican Prime Ministers. 1. Norman Manley. He is The Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley, M.M., Q.C., B.C.L., LLD (Hon.) Yes, all those letters to show how honorary he was. He was Jamaica's first and ONLY Premier serving from pre-independence July 1959 – July 1962. <continue reading>. 2. Donald Sangster.
Aug 25, 2022 · Sir William Alexander Bustamante (1884-1977) When the Union Jack was lowered and the new black, green and gold Jamaican flag was raised it also meant we would need a Jamaican as our new leader. This leader would be Sir Alexander Bustamante, the founder and leader of the Jamaica Labour Party. He would lead from 1962 to 1967.
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Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom. As the head of state, King Charles III - on the advice of the Prime Minister ...
