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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. The governance structure consists of ministries with portfolios ...
The Cabinet of Jamaica is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory. The Cabinet of Jamaica is the principal instrument of government policy. It consists of the Prime Minister, and a minimum of thirteen other Ministers of Government, who must be members of ...
The prime minister of Jamaica ( Jamaican Patois: Praim 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 ...
Politics in Jamaica takes place in the framework of a representative parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The 1962 Constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom. As the head of state, King Charles III - on the advice of the Prime Minister ...
The governor-general of Jamaica ( Jamaican Patois: Gobna-Jinaral a Jumieka) [1] is the representative of the Jamaican monarch, currently King Charles III, in Jamaica. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister of Jamaica. The functions of the governor-general include appointing ministers, judges ...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Jamaica) Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica) Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Jamaica) Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)
Alma mater. University of the West Indies. Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician, who has been the prime minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican general election. [1] He is leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Holness previously served as prime minister from 23 October 2011 ...
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.