Andrew Holness

Andrew Michael Holness, ON, MP (born 22 July 1972) is a

The Most Honourable
Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of
Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican Andrew Holness
general election.[1] Holness previously served as prime ON MP
minister from October 2011 to 5 January 2012. He succeeded
Bruce Golding as prime minister, and decided to go to the
polls in the 29 December 2011 general election in an attempt
to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. He
failed in that bid, however, losing to the People's National
Party led by Portia Simpson-Miller, with the PNP gaining 42
seats to the Jamaica Labour Party's 21. Following that defeat,
Holness served as Leader of the Opposition from January
2012 to March 2016, when he once again assumed the
position of prime minister.[2]

Holness is the youngest person to have been elected and

reelected prime minister in Jamaica's history. He is also the
first prime minister to have been born after Jamaica gained Holness in 2020
independence in 1962.[3] 9th Prime Minister of Jamaica
Incumbent
Assumed office
Contents 3 March 2016
Early life Monarch Elizabeth II
Political career Governor General Patrick Allen
Prime Minister of Jamaica Preceded by Portia Simpson-Miller
2011 elections
In office
2016 elections and re-appointment as Prime
23 October 2011 – 5 January 2012
Minister
2020 elections Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Patrick Allen
See also
Preceded by Bruce Golding
References
Succeeded by Portia Simpson-Miller
External links
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
Incumbent
Early life Assumed office
20 November 2011
Andrew Holness is a graduate of St. Catherine High School
Preceded by Bruce Golding
and of the University of the West Indies, where he pursued a
Bachelor of Science in Management Studies and a Master of Minister of Education
Science in Development Studies.[4] In 1997 he married Juliet In office
11 September 2007 – 1 January 2012
Prime Minister Bruce Golding
Holness (née Landell), an accountant, whom he had met as a Himself
student at St. Catherine High School during the 1980s.[5][6] Preceded by Maxine Henry-Wilson
The couple have two children, Adam and Matthew.[7]
Succeeded by Ronald Thwaites
Holness served as Executive Director at the Voluntary Personal details
Organization for Uplifting Children from 1994 to 1996 and
Born Andrew Michael
then joined the Premium Group of Companies, acting as a
special assistant to Edward Seaga. Holness
22 July 1972
He is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[8] Spanish Town, Jamaica
Political party Jamaica Labour Party
Political career Spouse(s) Juliet Landell (m. 1997)
Children 2
In 1997 he became Member of Parliament for West Central
St. Andrew and served as Opposition Spokesperson on Land Alma mater University of the West
and Development from 1999 to 2002. In 2002 he switched Indies
portfolio to Housing and then Education in 2005. He was
sworn in as Minister of Education in September 2007.

Prime Minister of Jamaica

He succeeded Bruce Golding as both leader of the Jamaica Labour Party and prime minister on 23 October
2011, making him the ninth person to hold this office. As prime minister, he chose to retain the education
portfolio.

2011 elections

On 5 December 2011, Mr Holness called the next election for 29 December 2011. The JLP campaigned in
their strongholds and Holness highlighted the four years of JLP government with accomplishments, such as
economic growth and crime reduction which the JLP says the PNP failed to do during their eighteen years rule
of the country. The JLP, however, lost at the polls to the People's National Party, which gained a large majority
of 42 to the JLP's 21 parliamentary seats.

2016 elections and re-appointment as Prime Minister

On 25 February 2016, the Jamaica Labour Party, led by Andrew Holness, won the general election with the
JLP winning 32 seats compared to 31 seats for the incumbent People's National Party. His wife Juliet also won
a seat in parliament, the first time a prime minister or opposition leader and their spouse sat in the Parliament of
Jamaica together.[9]

2020 elections

On 3 September 2020, the Jamaica Labour Party, led by Andrew Holness, won the general election. The JLP
won 48 seats, as compared to the 15 seats for the People's National Party.[10] He was sworn in for another
term on 7 September 2020.[11][12][13]

See also
 Cabinet of Jamaica

References
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a-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120106/lead/lead1.html). Archived from the original (http://jamaica-gl
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uses to touch me every day (I WAS 5 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME) today" (https://web.arc
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Retrieved 8 September 2020.

External links
Profile (https://web.archive.org/web/20090611114818/http://www.cabinet.gov.jm/cabinet/minist
er/ministry_education)
Jis Page (https://web.archive.org/web/20090723233811/http://www.jis.gov.jm/Minister%20Profil
es/html/4a.htm)
About Jamaica - Official Jamaican Guide (https://web.archive.org/web/20111123014156/http://a
bout-jamaica.com/andrew-holness.html)
Juliet joins husband Andrew in Parliament (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Juliet-joins-
husband-Andrew-in-Parliament_52914)

Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Education Succeeded by
Maxine Henry-Wilson 2007–2012 Ronald Thwaites
Preceded by Prime Minister of Jamaica
Bruce Golding 2011–2012 Succeeded by
Leader of the Opposition Portia Simpson-Miller
Preceded by 2012–2016
Portia Simpson-Miller Prime Minister of Jamaica
Incumbent
2016–present

Party political offices

Preceded by Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
Incumbent
Bruce Golding 2011–present

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