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List Of Jamaican Ministers Of State
State Ministers of JLP Administration 2020 Source: *Hon. Alando Terrelonge - Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports *Hon. Homer Davis - Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development *Hon. J.C. Hutchinson - Ministry of Transport and Mining *Hon. Juliet Cuthbert, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn - Ministry of Health and Wellness *Sen, the Hon. Leslie Campbell - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade *Hon. Marsha Smith - Ministry of Finance and the Public Service *Hon, Dr. Norman Alexander Dunn, Norman Dunn - Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce *Hon. Robert Morgan - Ministry of Education, Youth and Information *Hon. Zavia Mayne - Ministry of Labour and Social Security State Ministers of JLP Administration 2016 Source: *Hon. Rudyard Spencer - Ministry of Finance and the Public Service *Hon. Fayval Williams – Ministry of Finance and the Public Service *Hon. Floyd Green (Jamaican politician), Floyd Green - Ministry of Education, Youth and Information * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Cuthbert
Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (born 9 April 1964) is a Jamaican politician and retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. As an athlete, Cuthbert-Flynn competed at four Olympic Games, winning two silver medals at the 1992 games held in Barcelona. As a politician, she has been the Jamaica Labour Party's Candidate and Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural constituency, defeating the People's National Party candidate Hugh Buchanan in Jamaica's General Elections held February 25, 2016. She went on to defeat the People's National Party Krystal Tomlinson to win a second term as Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural constituency, in the September 3, 2020 General Election. She was appointed State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness following her reelection, when Prime Minister Andrew Holness selected his new slate of Cabinet Ministers. Education Cuthbert attended Morant Bay High School and later Olney High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damion Crawford
Damion O. Crawford (born c. 1980) is a Jamaican politician. Crawford was born in Haddo, Westmoreland Parish. Crawford attended Kingston College and the University of the West Indies, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in tourism management. While completing his master's degree, Crawford served as president of the university's Guild of Students. Crawford was elected a member of parliament representing Saint Andrew East Rural in December 2011. He concurrently served as Jamaican minister of state for tourism and entertainment. Crawford announced in 2015 that he would not run for reelection to the House of Representatives, but later said that his retirement was a "trick." In October 2015, Crawford lost an indicative election held by the People's National Party to Peter Blake. Blake secured 218 delegate votes, while Crawford finished with 166. Following his loss, Crawford was appointed to the Senate of Jamaica on 23 October 2017, where he served alongside an uncle, Ransf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Jamaica
The Cabinet of the Government of Jamaica is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory. The Cabinet of Jamaica is the principal instrument of government policy. It consists of the Prime Minister, and a minimum of thirteen other Ministers of Government, who must be members of one of the two Houses of Parliament. Not more than four members of the Cabinet may be members of the Senate. The Minister of Finance must be an elected member of the House of Representatives. The Shadow Cabinet of Jamaica is seen as the alternative to the Cabinet of Jamaica, led by the Leader of the Opposition (Jamaica), and is charged with fairly criticizing and providing alternative policy to that proposed by the Government. The Cabinet of Jamaica is currently composed of The Jamaica Labour Party members because the party won the 2020 General elections. The following are the members of the Government Cabinet led by Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Jamaica
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 of Jamaica - appoints a governor-general as his representative in Jamaica. The governor-general has a largely ceremonial role. Jamaica constitutes an independent Commonwealth realm. The Constitution vests executive power in the cabinet, led by the Prime Minister. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested both in the government and in the Parliament of Jamaica. A bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature drafted Jamaica's current Constitution in 1962. That Constitution came into force with the Jamaica Independence Act, 1962 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which gave Jamaica po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleaner Company
The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica. Established in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova, the company's primary product is ''The Gleaner'', a morning broadsheet published six days each week. It also publishes a Sunday paper, the ''Sunday Gleaner'', and an evening tabloid, ''The Star''. Overseas weekly editions are published in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The paper was known as ''The Daily Gleaner'' until 1992. The company is headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. Overview The Gleaner Company Limited is a Jamaica-based newspaper company. The principal activities of the company and its subsidiaries are the publication and printing of newspapers and radio broadcasting. The company's subsidiaries include Independent Radio Company Limited (IRC)- Power 106 and Music 99 FM, Gleaner Online Limited, Creek Investments Limited, Selectco Publications Limited, GV Media Group Limited and The Gleaner Company (Canada) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Malahoo Forte
Marlene Patricia Malahoo Forte is a Jamaican politician. She currently serves as Jamaica's Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs and was the Attorney General of Jamaica from 7 March 2016 to 10 January 2022. She served as a Senator for the Jamaica Labour Party from 2009 to 2016, and served as State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade from 2009 to 2012. Prior to entering politics, she served as a Resident Magistrate. Forte received her early education at the Manning's School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. She studied at the University of the West Indies, Norman Manley Law School and King's College London (LLM, 1999), obtained a master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has lectured in criminal practice and procedure at the Norman Manley Law School. Forte was elected to the House of Representatives as MP for Saint James West Central in March 2016 after the Jamaica Labour Party won the 2016 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Stern (Jamaican Politician)
Michael Anthony Stern is a Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...n politician with the Jamaica Labour Party. He was formerly a Member of the Parliament of Jamaica for Clarendon North West as well as State Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, but lost his seat in the 2011 Jamaican general election, 2011 general election. Career Stern beat People's National Party incumbent Richard Azan by 933 votes to take the Clarendon North West seat in the 2007 Jamaican general election, 2007 general election. Bruce Golding then named him as State Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce. In July 2009, Justice Lloyd Hibbert of the High Court ordered Stern to vacate his seat after finding that he had held multiple citizenship, dual citizenship in Jamaica and the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahine Robinson
Shahine Elizabeth Robinson (née Fakhourie; 4 July 1953 – 29 May 2020) was a Jamaican politician, who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security. She was a member of the Parliament of Jamaica for Saint Ann North Eastern. She served briefly as the Transport and Works Minister from late November 2011 to January 2012. Early life and education Robinson was of Lebanese descent. She was born and raised in Claremont, Saint Ann Parish, where her parents Peter and Kathleen and grandparents all lived. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Jamaica and went on to Miami Dade College, where she earned an associate degree in marketing and a diploma in public relations. She lived in the U.S. intermittently from 1978 to 2001. Career Before entering politics, Robinson worked in the banking and tourism sectors. She had been involved at the margins of politics for almost two decades as a JLP supporter, and was tapped by then-Leader of the Opposition Edward Seaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Vaz
Daryl Wesley Phillip Vaz is a Jamaican politician who is the Labour MP for Portland Western. He was the Minister of Information and Telecommunications in Jamaica from March 2009 to January 2016. His party lost the election in 2011 and Vaz served as opposition spokesman on Telecommunications. Vaz is currently Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with responsibility for land, environment, climate change and investments, since the Jamaica Labour Party returned to government in March 2016. He also serves as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Portland Parish Western Division. Early life He was born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica to Douglas and Sonia Vaz. His father is a former president of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association and former Minister of Industry and Commerce. Personal life Vaz's wife Ann-Marie Vaz is MP for Portland Eastern. Controversy Daryl Vaz engendered some controversy over his dual United States/Jamaican n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luther Buchanan
Luther Buchanan is a Jamaican politician from the People's National Party and former state minister. Career Buchanan assumed the role of MP for Westmoreland Eastern Westmoreland Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency consists of the eastern ... in a 2006 by-election following the departure of former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson. He subsequently held the position of State Minister overseeing special projects and rural development within the Prime Minister's Office. In September 2022, Buchanan resigned as the chairman of the People's National Party (PNP) in Westmoreland Eastern. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Luther Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Jamaican politicians People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Robinson
Julian J. Robinson is a Jamaican People's National Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Saint Andrew South Eastern since 2011. He is Opposition Spokesman on Finance in the Shadow Cabinet of Jamaica The Shadow Cabinet of Jamaica (usually known simply as The Shadow Cabinet) is, in the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory, an alternative to the cabinet who scrutinize their corresponding Cabinet of Jamaica minist .... References Living people 21st-century Jamaican politicians People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica People from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the 12th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 13th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica {{Jamaica-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Azan
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", "Rick", " Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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