The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is the ministry responsible for handling Jamaica's external relations and foreign trade. The ministry's current director is

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. The ministry's official

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notes that it "is responsible for the implementation of Jamaica’s

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, the management of Jamaica international relations and the promotion of its interests overseas."

History

After achieving independence from the United Kingdom in August 1962, Jamaica immediately established its foreign ministry, then known as the Ministry of External Affairs. In 1976, the government changed the ministry's name to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and eventually added "and Foreign Trade" sometime later to reflect the full scope of its mission.

List of ministers

This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica: *1962–1967: Sir Alexander Bustamante *1967–1972: Hugh Shearer *1972–1975: Michael Manley *1975–1977:

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*1977–1980:

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*1980–1989: Hugh Shearer *1989–1993: David Coore *1993–1995: Paul Robertson *1995–2000:

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*2000–2001: Paul Robertson *2001–2006: Keith Desmond Knight *2006–2007: Anthony Hylton *2007–2012:

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*2012–2016: Arnold Joseph Nicholson *2016–present:

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History

List of ministers

See also

References

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