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Andrew Holness
ON MP
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| 9th Prime Minister of Jamaica | |
| Assumed office 3 March 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Preceded by | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| In office 23 October 2011 – 5 January 2012 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Preceded by | Bruce Golding |
| Succeeded by | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party | |
| Assumed office 20 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Golding |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 11 September 2007 – 1 January 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Bruce Golding Himself |
| Preceded by | Maxine Henry-Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Thwaites |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Andrew Michael Holness
22 July 1972 Spanish Town, Jamaica |
| Political party | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Juliet Holness (m. 1997)
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| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, MP (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician. He is the 9th and current Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016. Holness previously served as Prime Minister from October 2011 to January 5, 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as Prime minister, and decided to go to the polls in the 2011 Jamaican general election in an attempt to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate.
Career
He failed in that bid, however, losing to the People’s National Party (PNP) led by Portia Simpson-Miller, with the PNP gaining 42 seats to the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) 21. Following the 2011 election defeat, Holness served as Leader of the opposition (Jamaica) from 6 January 2012 to 3 March 2016, when he once again assume the Position of Prime minister. 2021 Jamaica general election.
Holness is the youngest person to have become Prime Minister in Jamaica's history, as well as the Country’s ninth Prime minister overall. He is also the first Prime Minister to have been born after Jamaica gained independence in 1962.
Early life
Andrew Michael Holness was born on 22 July 1972 in Spanish Town, St. Catherine Jamaica to Working class Parents, Father Morris Holness and Mother Sonia Harvey. Holness attended Primary school on 1 January 1979 and graduated in November 1984.
