Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Jamaica (Female suffrage 1919/44)
Spanish
Colony 1509-1655, British Colony from 1670 till it became independent 1962
Also seeJamaica Heads for Queen and Deputies to the Governor General, and Jamaica Parliament
1953-60 Minister of Health
and Labour Rose Agatha Leon
1972-76 Minister of Local Government
1976-80 Special Advisor of the Minister of Social Affairs
Chairperson of Jamaica Labour Party 1948-60, Deputy Mayor of Kingston
1971-72. She was killed in her home by burgulars, and lived (1919-99)
1962-70 Parliamentary Secretary of Education Esmé M. Grant
1970-74 Parliamentary Secretary of Labour and National Insurance
1974 Parliamentary
Secretary of Education Fay E. Saunders
1972-80 Parliamentary
Secretary of Health and Environment Dr. Mavis Gilmour-Petersen
1980-86 Minister of Education (The Hon.)
1986-87 Minister of Social Security and Consumer Affairs
(b. 1926-)
1976-80 Minister of
Education Dr. Phyllis Macpherson-Russel
1976-82 Minister of State
for Women's Affairs Carmen McGregor
1976-82 Parliamentary
Secretary of
the Prime Minister Portia Lucretia F. Simpson-Miller
1989-2000 Minister of Labour, Social Welfare and Sports
2002-02 Minister of Tourism and Sport with responsibilities for
Entertainment and Gender Issues
2002-06 Minister of Local Government,
Community Development
2002-07 Minister of Sports
2002 Acting Prime Minister
2003 Acting Prime Minister (October and November)
2004 Acting Prime Minister (May)
2006-07 Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Women's Affairs
2012-16 Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Development, Information and
Sports
Portia Simpson Miller has been MP since 1976, Deputy President of People's National Party 1978-2006,
Party Spokesperson on Women’s affairs, Pension, Social Security and Consumer
Affairs 1983-89, Candidate for the party leadership and
Premiership
in 1992 and in february 2006 she was elected President of the
Party, Oppostition Leader 2007-12 and from 2016. (b.
1946-).
1976-80 Parliamentary Secretary of Community Councils Gladys Ellington
1976-80 Parliamentary
Secretary of Student’s Affairs Dawn Lindo-Williams
1980-87 Parliamentary Secretary of Education Euphemia A. Williams
1982-89 Minister of State of
Local Government Enid Bennett
1987 Minister of State of Social Security and Consumer Affairs
Deputy Leader of Jamaica Labour Party
1978-83 and 1998-99. (b. 1931-)
1982-86 Parliamentary
Secretary of Youth and Community Development Princess May Lawes
Labour Senator 1976-80, MP 1980-89. (b. 1944-).
1987 Minister of State of Prime Minister's Office (Information)
2007-12
Minister of Culture, Youth
and Sports
2016- Minister of Entertainment, Sports, Culture and Gender
Affairs
Known as "Babsy" Grange, she was detained during the 1976-State of Emergency and
went into exile in Canada
1986-89 Minister of State
of Foreign Affaiirs, Foreign Trade and Industry Jeanette Grant-Woodham
Deputy President
1981-83 and President of the Senate
1986-91 Parliamentary
Secretary of
Local Government Marjorie Taylor
1991-95 Minister of State of Labour, Welfare and Sports
1995-97 Minister of State of Local Government, Youth and Sports
1997-99 Minister of State of Health
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (Micahel Manley)
In 1979-86 and
Ambassador and Special Envoy for Children from 1999.
1986-89 Parliamentary
Secretary of
Production, Devlopment and Planning Violet Nielson
1989-91 Parliamentary Secretary of Health
Deputy Speaker 1991-97
and Speaker of The House
of Representatives
1997-2003.
1989-92 Minister of State
of External Affairs Dr. Lucille Mathurin Maric
Ambassador to Cuba
1975-78
and Assistant Secretary General of the UN Decade for Women 1981-86 and later
Senator and
Ambassador to the United Nations 1992-97.
1989
Parliamentary Secretary of
Information and Culture Donna Scott-Bhoorasingh
Deputy President of the Senate
circa 1986-89
and Permanent Secretary of Information and Culture 1992-94.
1991-93 Minister of State
by the Prime Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson
1993-94 Minister of State of Finance
1994-2001 Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and
Leader of the Government Business in the Senate
2000-01 Minister of Information
2006-06 Minister of Culture
2002-07 Minister of Education and Youth
Secretary General of People’s National Party from 2004.
1993-97 Parliamentary
Secretary of Youth and Community Development Heather Robinson
1993-97 Parliamentary
Secretary of
Environment and Housing Phyllis Mitchell
1997-99 Minister of State of Education, Youth and Culture
1999-2001 Minister of State of Environment
1994-97 Permanent Secretary
of Foreign Affairs Patricia Durrant
Ambassador to the United Nations
2002
Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture Jennifer Edwards
2002-06
Minister of Industry and Tourism
Aloun N'dombet Assamba
2006-07 Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture
2002-06 Minister of State of Finance and Planning Deika Morrison
Senator.
2007-11 Attorney General
and Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne
Attorney since 1973, Deputy President of Senate 1989-2002,
Deputy Chairperson of the Jamaica Labour Party and Shadow Minister for the
Jamaica Labour Party around 1999
2007-11 Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister
2011-12 Minister without portfolio for Local Government
2016- Minister of
Labour and Social Security
2009-12 Minister of
State of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Marlene Malahoo-Forte
2016-
Attorney General
Senator
since 2009. Chairperson of the Women's Leadership Initiative.
2012-16 Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna
2012-16 Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister
responsible for Sports Natalie Neita-Headley
2012-16 Minister
Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Information Sandrea Falconer
Senator from 2007.
2012-16
Minister of State of Industry, Investment and Commerce Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams
2016- Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith
Senator from 2011.
2016- Minister of
State of Finance and Planning Fayval Williams
Senator from 2016.
Last update 08.03.16