He is in the second year of his second term in office. According to Gleaner columnist Orville Taylor, the 2008 amendment of the Employment Termination and Redundancy Payment regulations, and the 2010 amendment to the Labour Relations and Industrial Dispute Act were two major contributions Golding made to Jamaica’s labour force.Īndrew Holness became Jamaica’s youngest prime minister at the age of 39. To date, he is the youngest person to be elected to parliament at 26 years old, representing the people of West St Catherine. She was also named Person of the Year in the Gleaner awards in 2011.īruce Golding served as Jamaica’s eighth prime minister from September 2007 to October 2011. In 2012, she was ranked by Time magazine among its '100 Most Influential Persons in the World'. When she won the 2011 election, she became the second individual since independence to have served non-consecutive terms as prime minister, Michael Manley being the first. Portia Simpson Miller is the first woman to be appointed prime minister of Jamaica. In recognition of his contribution to the project, the east-west leg of Highway 2000 was renamed the P.J. In an attempt to sprout economic growth, the Patterson-led administration crafted the idea, in the 1999, to develop a road network that would connect Jamaica’s main towns. Percival James Patterson Jamaica’s longest-serving prime minister, was in office from 1992 to 2006. In 1982, Seaga established The Heart Trust/NTA with the aim of creating a skills-training employment programme which would equip workers with the necessary knowledge and skills needed for productivity. Patterson, Portia Simpson Miller, Bruce Golding and Andrew Holness have all contributed to the country’s development as an independent nation in his or her own unique ways.Įdward George Seaga served two terms as prime minister, from 1980 to 1989, and was the youngest person to be appointed to the Legislative Council at age 29. The five living prime ministers of Jamaica, Edward Seaga, P.J. By comparison, Chicago, which has roughly the same population as Jamaica at 2.7 million, had 468 killings in the same period.A very rare sight - Prime Minster Andrew Holness (second left)with four former Prime Ministers from left: Edward Seaga, Portia Simpson Miller, P.J. The country had at least 1,192 slayings in 2015, a roughly 20 per cent increase from the previous year. Many Jamaicans are also fed up with one of the highest homicide rates in the world, mostly blamed on gangs. "Wages are frozen and there's a lot of arrogance about this government." "I'm voting for change," Velma Johnson said as she waited to cast her ballot. It would be chaos if we change now."īut Holness' campaign pledge to make the economy more dynamic with cuts to the income tax and other measures resonates with many in a country with widespread poverty and a youth unemployment rate above 30 per cent. "We've made a lot of progress with the economy and development. "It makes no sense we stop the progress now," said voter Herbert Hall. The IMF, however, has praised the government for cutting debt and making other reforms to its economy and the country's stock market was rated among the best performing in the world last year. The Jamaican dollar has declined, the cost of living has gone up and wages have been stagnant. Her government negotiated a $930 million aid package with the IMF.
That first term ended in 2007, but she returned as prime minister in 2011 amid a shrinking economy and one of the highest levels of debt relative to GDP in the world.
Simpson Miller became the country's first female leader in 2006. "The cost of victory is to keep the commitments we have made." "We don't take it that we have won a prize," he told the crowd. Holness, ready to form a government as the new prime minister, pledged to create jobs and grow the economy while improving education and health care. The leader of the Jamaica Labor Party, Andrew Holness, was greeted by cheering supporters as he arrived at party headquarters in the capital following the announcement of the results in a hard-fought fight with the People's National Party of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. Preliminary results from the Electoral Commission showed the Jamaica Labor Party capturing 33 spots in the 63-seat Parliament, enough to form a government. KINGSTON, Jamaica - The opposition narrowly won parliamentary elections Thursday in Jamaica, the largest English-speaking country in the Caribbean.
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