George Anthony Hylton (born 27 April 1957) 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 who served as

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...

from 2006 to 2007.

Career

Hylton was elected

member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

with the

People's National Party The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives, as 96 of the 227 local go ...

for

Saint Andrew Western Saint Andrew West is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament, Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. It is represented ...

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. He has held other portfolios including Minister of Foreign Trade as well as Mining and Energy. In 2014, he faced charges of breaching the Parliamentary Integrity of Members Act. As of 2016, he is the opposition spokesperson on industry, investment and commerce.

Personal life

He was educated at

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and

Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known a ...

. Hylton's niece is gymnast and Olympics competitor Toni-Ann Williams.

External links

Official party biography
* http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/pdfs/jamaica-e.pdf

References

1957 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica Foreign ministers of Jamaica Government ministers of Jamaica People from Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians Georgetown University Law Center alumni Morgan State University alumni Members of the 10th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 11th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 12th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 13th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica {{Jamaica-politician-stub