Andrew Holness

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Andrew Holness (2016)

Andrew Holness (born July 22, 1972 in Spanish Town , St. Catherine ) is a Jamaican politician of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP). He was from October 23, 2011 to January 5, 2012 and has been Prime Minister of Jamaica again since March 3, 2016 .

Life

Holness attended St. Catherine High School until 1988 and then studied at the University of the West Indies , where he the Bachelor Accounts in Management Studies and Master in Development Studies ( Development Research acquired). From 1994 to 1996 he was Executive Director of the Voluntary Organization for Uplifting Children . In 1996 he joined the Premium Group of Companies , where he became Edward Seaga's Special Assistant .

Holness is married and has two children.

politics

In the 1997 general election, Holness was elected to the House of Representatives as a candidate for the Jamaica Labor Party for the constituency of West Central St. Andrew , and has been a member of the Jamaican Parliament without interruption since then. From 1999 to 2002 he was the opposition spokesman for land and development, in the meantime he was the housing policy spokesman for the JLP, and from 2005 he was the opposition spokesman for education policy.

After the JLP won the government majority in the parliamentary elections in September 2007, Holness was sworn in as Minister of Education on September 14th.

After Bruce Golding announced at the end of September 2011 that he was stepping down from his positions as party chairman of the JLP and Prime Minister of Jamaica, a group of JLP MPs, including the other potential successors, agreed to support Holness in his successor in early October. Holness was sworn in on October 23 as the ninth Prime Minister of Jamaica and, as expected, also elected Golding's successor as party chairman at the party conference on November 20, 2011. On December 4, Holness announced new elections for December 29, 2011, as requested by the opposition People's National Party (PNP) on the occasion of the change in leadership. The PNP won the election with 42 seats to 21 for the JLP, Portia Simpson Miller became the new Prime Minister and Holness became opposition leader in the House of Representatives. In the parliamentary elections on February 25, 2016 , the JLP was again the strongest party and Holness was again prime minister.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrew's big day , Jamaica Gleaner, October 19, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ Inaugural Address, Prime Minister Andrew Holness ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Office of the Prime Minister, October 23, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.opm.gov.jm
  3. ↑ False start - Holness teases supporters, but holds back on election date , Jamaica Gleaner, November 21, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ Dec 29 is the day , Jamaica Gleaner, December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
predecessor Office successor
Portia Simpson Miller Prime Minister of Jamaica
since March 3, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Holness, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holness, Andrew Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican Politician (JLP) and Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Spanish Town , St. Catherine