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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.
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.
(Birth–Death) Reign Royal House Prime Minister; Reign start Reign end Duration 1 Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) 6 August 1962 8 September 2022 60 years, 33 days Windsor: Bustamante Sangster Shearer Manley Seaga Manley Patterson Simpson-Miller Golding Holness Simpson-Miller Holness 2 King Charles III (born 1948) 8 September 2022 Incumbent: 2 ...
Golding resigned as head of the party and prime minister in October 2011 and was succeeded by Andrew Holness. Soon after becoming leader, Holness called an election over a year before it was constitutionally due, and the party lost by a 2:1 margin to the PNP. Portia Simpson-Miller and the PNP returned to power.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness described the Queen as a "close friend of Jamaica" and expressed his condolences. [34] Flags were ordered to be flown at half mast for 11 days beginning 8 September with a national mourning day declared for 18 September.
Saint Andrew West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. The current MP, since 1997, is Andrew Holness, who has been Prime Minister of Jamaica since 2016 and previously from 2011 to 2012.
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain] Date: 22 January 2020, 10:28: Source: Secretary Pompeo Holds a Joint Press Availability with Jamaican Prime Minister Holness: Author
Prime Minister Andrew Holness signing the book of condolences in memory of Queen Elizabeth II at Lancaster House, 17 September 2022. Upon a demise of the Crown (the death or abdication of a sovereign), it is customary for the accession of the new monarch to be publicly proclaimed by the governor-general in the capital, Kingston, after the ...