Andrew Holness : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

21 July 1972(age 43)

Place of birth

Jamaica

Political party

JLP

Education Minister of Jamaica

Assumed office

11 September 2007

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Governor general

Patrick Allen

Succeeded by

Incumbent

Preceded by

Maxine Henry-Wilson

Shadow Education Minister

In office

4 June 2005 - 11 September 2007

Succeeded by

Basil Waite

Leader-Designate of the Labour Party

Preceded by

Bruce Golding

Prime Minister-Designate

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Andrew Holness was born on July 22, 1972. He attended St. Catherine High and later graduated from the University of the West Indies.

Mr. Holness served as Executive Director in the Voluntary Organization for Uplifting Children from 1994 to 1996. Then he joined the Premium Group of Companies and functioned as a special assistant to Most. Hon. Edward Seaga.

In 1997 he became Member of Parliament for West Central St. Andrew and served as Opposition Spokesperson on Land and Development from 1999 to 2002. In 2002 he switched portfolio to Housing and then Education in 2005. He was sworn in as Minister of Education in September 2007.

He is expected to succeed Prime Minister The Hon. Bruce Golding, who will demit office by November, as both leader of the Jamaica Labour Party and Prime Minister of Jamaica.