Hyacinth Delores Bennett (born 1946) is a Jamaican educator and politician who is the founder and former president of

Hydel High School Hydel High School is a prestigious private co-educational secondary school, located on the Ferry Highway, in the Parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica. Founded by former Jamaican Senator, Hyacinth Bennett in September 1993, on Ardenne Road in Kings ...

, as well as the first female head of a political party in Jamaica, when she succeeded Bruce Golding in 2001 to become president of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) party. Bennett also established Hydel University as well as Hydel Prep School and is a former chairperson of the Caribbean Maritime University until 2020. A former principal of Wolmers Prep School, Bennett began her teaching career in 1968 after graduating from Bethlehem Teachers College, in the Parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.

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