Delroy Chuck 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 lawyer, journalist and politician. He is currently (2016) the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of
Saint Andrew North Eastern and the Minister of Justice. Chuck previously served as the
Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
from 2011 to 2012 and as the
Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. He joined the
Jamaica Labour Party in 1995 and first contested St. Andrew North Eastern seat in
1997
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, an election in which he was victorious. He has held his seat ever since and won his fifth term in Parliament in
2016
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.
Delroy Chuck is of Hakka ancestry,
Delroy Chuck's birthplace is Christiana in the
parish of Manchester, but he grew up in
Clarendon. He attended Ritchies Primary School, Clarendon, from 1955 to 1962, where he was successful in his Common Entrance Examination. He attended
Kingston College from 1962 to 1969. During his tenure at Kingston College, he served as deputy head boy, president of Interact Club and was an active member of the chess and lawn tennis clubs and represented his school in both sports. He left Kingston College with five 'A' levels and a scholarship to University of the West Indies, where he earned a BSc (Hons) in special mathematics. In 1972, Chuck was elected the 1973 Jamaica's Rhodes Scholar and attended
St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College (colloquially called St Catz or Catz) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and is the newest college admitting both undergraduate and graduate students. Tracing its roots back to 1868 (although t ...
, from 1973 to 1976, where he studied Law and graduated with a B.A. in jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree.
References
External links
Official site
20th-century Jamaican lawyers
Jamaican journalists
Male journalists
Jamaican people of Chinese descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Manchester Parish
Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
Jamaica Labour Party politicians
Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford
Justice ministers of Jamaica
Members of the 13th Parliament of Jamaica
Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica
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