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The prime minister of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Prime Minista a Jumieka) is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness.Holness, as leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was sworn in as prime minister on 7 September 2020, having been re-elected as a result of the JLP's landslide victory in the 2020 Jamaican general election.
This is a list of the heads of state of Jamaica, from the independence of Jamaica in 1962 to the present day.. From 1962 the head of state under the Jamaica Independence Act 1962 is the Monarch of Jamaica, currently Charles III, who is also the King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011.
In semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of government (i.e. executive) role is fulfilled by the listed head of government and the head of state. In one-party states , the ruling party 's leader (e.g. the General Secretary ) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency ...
The monarchy of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Manaki a Jumieka) is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Jamaica. The current Jamaican monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the personal embodiment of the Jamaican Crown.
Chief Justice of Jamaica, Bryan Sykes; President of the Court of Appeal; President of the Jamaica Council of Churches; Attorney General (Derrick McKoy) Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Foreign Service, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Head of the European Union delegation, Ministers, Envoys; Parliamentary Secretaries; Members of the Privy ...
Hon. Homer Davis - Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development; Hon. J.C. Hutchinson - Ministry of Transport and Mining; Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn - Ministry of Health and Wellness; Sen, the Hon. Leslie Campbell - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Hon. Marsha Smith - Ministry of Finance and the Public Service
Legislative power is vested both in the government and in the Parliament of Jamaica. The Prime Minister is appointed by the governor-general, the common convention being the leader of the largest party in Parliament. [4] A bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature drafted Jamaica's current Constitution in 1962.