James Robertson (politician)

James Robertson (born June 9, 1966 ) is a Jamaican politician ( JLP ). He is Deputy Party Chairman ( Deputy Leader ) and was Minister without Portfolio from September 2007 to April 2009, then until May 2011 Minister of Energy and Mining of Jamaica.

Life

Robertson attended Mona Preparatory, Campion College, and Beadles College in England. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas , Texas. Professionally, he was Managing Director at Precision Enterprises. Robertson is married with two children.

politics

Robertson served as a campaign manager in North East St. Catherine in 1989 and again in North Central Clarendon in 1993 . He is the vice chairman of the JLP for Area Council 2.

He was a senator from 1998 to 2002. In the general election in 2002, he was elected to the House of Representatives as a candidate for the Jamaica Labor Party for the constituency of St. Thomas Western . In the following election on September 3, 2007, he was able to win his constituency. The JLP achieved a parliamentary majority in this election and formed the new government. Robertson was appointed Minister without Portfolio and sworn in as Minister on September 14, 2007. In the cabinet reshuffle on April 6, 2009, Clive Mullings resigned from office and Robertson took over as the new energy and mining minister in his ministry, which had been reduced to telecommunications.

Robertson came under pressure after allegations against him became known in November 2010 that he was involved in attempted incitement to an then-unsuspected murder. The allegations were made by a former JLP party activist as part of his asylum procedure in the United States. Robertson himself denied and described the allegations as baseless, they were not worthy of further comment. Confident that a proper police investigation would determine his innocence, the JLP stood by him. A lawsuit in Florida in the matter was also dismissed by the US court in January 2011. On May 20, 2011, the US government revoked Robertson and his wife's visas for travel to the US without giving any reason , but Robertson suspected a connection to the allegations previously made against him.

He then offered his resignation on May 24, 2011, which Prime Minister Bruce Golding accepted on the same day. Golding took over responsibility for the ministry for a transitional period, until the former minister Clive Mullings took over the energy and mining ministry again on July 1, as part of a cabinet reshuffle at the end of June 2011 . Robertson retained his seat in the House of Representatives and served as JLP vice chairman.

Web links

• Minister profile ( Memento from January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• JLP Candidates and MP's: James Robertson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 18 for Cabinet in Jamaica ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Gleaner, September 13, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2010.  
2. ^ Prime Minister Announces Cabinet Changes , April 6, 2009, Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
3. ↑ Golding disturbed by allegations against Robertson , Jamaica Observer, November 22, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
4. ↑ Allegations against me baseless, says Robertson ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Observer November 16, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2011.  
5. ↑ Florida court throws out case against Robertson ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Observer January 19, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.  
6. ↑ Confirmed! - James Robertson admits his US visa canceled ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Observer, May 24, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.  
7. ↑ PM takes on mining, energy portfolios ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Observer, May 26, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.  
8. ↑ New Ministers and Ministers of State to be sworn in today- June 29, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Government of Jamaica - Office of the Prime Minister dated June 29, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.  
9. ↑ Robertson to remain active in JLP , go-jamaica.com, May 24, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.