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Juliet Holness (''
née
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'' Landell) is the wife of Jamaican Prime Minister
Andrew Holness
Andrew Michael Holness, (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican general election. Holness previously served as prime minister from October 2011 to ...
and a Member of the
House of Representatives
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, representing
Saint Andrew East Rural.
Holness is a motivational speaker, real estate owner, agent, accountant and writer. She was born and raised in
St. Catherine,
Jamaica
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.
Early life
In 1997 she married
Andrew Holness
Andrew Michael Holness, (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican general election. Holness previously served as prime minister from October 2011 to ...
, whom she had met as a student at
St. Catherine High School during the 1980s.
Political career
Holness was elected to Parliament in
2016
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, and was re-elected in
2020
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.
References
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/The-PM-s-wife
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
21st-century Jamaican women politicians
21st-century Jamaican politicians
Spouses of prime ministers of Jamaica
People from Saint Catherine Parish
Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica