Jamaica has formed a new government for 2012. The PNP's landslide victory over the JLP on December 29th 2011 (Election Day), brought about the sudden change. Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller was sworn in Office on Thursday, January 5th 2012. The following day, January 6th, Prime Minister Simpson-Miller named her new cabinet. So here goes Jamaica's new government ministers:
Jamaica’s 20-Member Cabinet 2012
Portia Simpson Miller – Minister of Defence, Development, Information and Sports & Prime Minister, Email: primeminister@opm.gov.jm, Fax: 1-876-929-0005
Dr Peter Phillips – Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Email: hmf@mof.gov.jm, Fax: 1-876-929-8103
Robert Pickersgill – Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change
Anthony Hylton – Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce
Derrick Kellier – Minister of Labour and Social Security
Dr Omar Davies – Minister of Transport, Works and Housing
Dr Wykeham McNeill – Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
Phillip Paulwell – Minister of Mining, Energy and ICT
Roger Clarke – Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries
Horace Dalley – Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Public Service, with responsibility for public service
Peter Bunting – Minister of National Security
Rev Ronald Thwaites – Minister of Education
Lisa Hanna – Minister of Youth and Culture
Dr Fenton Ferguson – Minister of Health
Noel Arscott – Minister of Local Government and Community Development
Dr Morais Guy – Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing
Natalie Neita Headley – Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for sports
Senator Sandrea Falconer – Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for information
Senator Mark Golding – Justice Minister
A J Nicholson – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister
Jamaica PNP’s 13 Senators (2012)
- Rev. Stanley St. John Redwood – President
- Angela Rosemarie Brown Burke – Deputy President
- AJ Nicholson, Q.C.
- Mark Golding
- Sandrea Falconer
- K.D Knight
- Imani Duncan-Price
- Lambert Brown
- Norman Grant
- Wensworth Skeffery
- Noel Sloley
- Floyd Morris
- Navel Foster Clarke
Jamaican Officials who are State Ministers (2012)
- Arnaldo Brown – Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
- Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams – Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
- Ian Hayles – Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
- Colin Fagan – Ministry of Local Government and Community Development
- Richard Azan – Ministry of Transport, Works & Housing
- Damion Crawford – Ministry of Tourism & Entertainment
- Julian Robinson – Ministry of Mining, Energy & ICT
- Luther Buchanan – Office of the Prime Minister
Jamaica JLP’s Senators (2012)
- Dr Christopher Tufton
- Robert Montague
- Kavan Gayle
- Arthur Williams (Leader of Opposition Business)
- Sandrea Falconer
- Tom Tavares-Finson
- Marlene Malahoo Forte
- Kamina Johnson-Smith
JLP Shadow Cabinet (2012)
Andrew Holness – Defence and Development, and Operations of the Office of the Prime Minister
Marissa Dalyrmple Phillibert – Education and Human Resource Development
Desmond McKenzie – Urban Renewal, Rural Development and Local Government
Audley Shaw – Finance, Planning, Growth and Economic Development
Delroy Chuck – Justice, National Security and Electoral Matters
Dr Ken Baugh – Health and Quality of Life
Senator Christopher Tufton – Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Investment
Gregory Mair – Industry, Commerce and Energy
Karl Samuda – Transport and Works and Infrastructure Development
Edmund Bartlett – Tourism and Travel Service Development
J. C. Hutchinson – Agriculture, Mining and Natural Resource Use
Daryl Vaz – ICT and Digital Society Development
Dr. Horace Chang – Housing, Water, and Environment
Shahine Robinson – Social Security and Poverty Reduction
Olivia Grange – Youth, Sports, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Culture
Senator Arthur Williams – Information, Public Service and Labour
JLP Parliamentary Committee Chairmen
- Audley Shaw – Public Accounts Committee
- Ed Bartlett – Public Administration and Appropriation Committee
- Ruddy Spencer – Human Resource and Social Development Committee
- Everald Warmington – Economy and Production Committee
- Derrick Smith – Internal and External Affairs Committee
- Pearnel Charles – Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee.