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Jamaica received strong support from many countries including Belize, India, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom. At the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda, Jamaica's candidate - Johnson Smith - narrowly lost to the incumbent, reportedly with a result of 27 votes to 24. [12]
Swaby is a Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) Jamaica Gleaner 50underFifty business leader awardee. [7] An award he won in 2012. In 2014, Gordon was named by the Inter-American Development Bank as one of ten innovators in the Latin America and Caribbean Region. [8] [9]
He is also a past president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) [8] and a former Honorary Consul General for the Republic of Guatemala in Jamaica. In 2017, Scott was awarded the Jamaican national honor of the Order of Distinction (Commander Rank) for his contribution to business development in Jamaica and the Caribbean. [9]
He is also vice-president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ). He previously served the PSOJ as a member of its economic policy committee and honorary treasurer. He also served on the board of directors of his alma mater St. George's College.
Nigel Clarke was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica on 20 October 1971, in an upper middle class family. His father, Justice Neville Clarke, served as a Jamaican Supreme Court judge for several decades while his mother, Mary Clarke, served as head of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) for almost 20 years.
In July 2016, Fayval Williams pointed to the need for Jamaica to implement a national identification system. [24] As State Minister, Williams invited the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) to formulate an implementation team to work with the government of Jamaica to strategise the growth and development of its members.
Lee-Chin was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, in 1951 to Aston Lee and Hyacinth Gloria Chen.Both his parents were biracial African and Jamaican-Chinese.When Lee-Chin was aged seven, his mother married Vincent Chen [10] who had a son from a previous relationship, and the couple had seven children together, six boys and one girl. [11]
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.