Jamaica
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- to 1875
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- 1875 - 1906
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- 1906 - 8 Apr 1957
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- 8 Apr 1957 - 6 Aug
1962
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- Adopted 6 Aug 1962
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Map
of Jamaica
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Hear
National Anthem
"Jamaica, Land We Love"
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Text of National Anthem
Adopted 19 Jul 1962
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Constitution
(6 Aug 1962) |
Capital:
Kingston
(Spanish Town 1655-1872;
Port Royal de facto
1655-1692;
Santiago de la Vega
1534-1655;
Sevilla La Nueva
1510-1534) |
Currency:
Jamaican Dollar
(JMD); Jamaican Pound
(JMP) 1904-8 Sep 1969
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National
Holiday:
1st Monday in Aug (1962)
Independence Day |
Population: 2,812,090 (2018)
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GDP: $26.06
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$1.29 billion (2017)
Imports: $5.15
billion (2017)
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Ethnic
groups: black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%,
East Indian 0.8%,
other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7%
(2011) |
Total Active
Armed Forces: 2,830 (2010)
Total Police Force:
8,600 (2012)
Merchant marine: 43 ships (2018)
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Religions:
Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day
Adventist
12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other
Church of God 9.2%,
New Testament Church of God 7.2%,
Baptist 6.7%, Church of
God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of
Prophecy 4.5%,
Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%,
Methodist 1.6%, Revived
1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%),
Roman Catholic
2.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%,
Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%,
none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
ACS, AOSIS, APM, BTWC, C, Caricom, CCM
(signatory), CDB, CELAC, CTBT, CWC,
ESCR, FAO, G-15, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, ICSID, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, MIGA,
NAM, NPT, NTBT, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, OST,
Petrocaribe, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Jamaica
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Chronology
5 May
1494
Discovered by Columbus and claimed for
Spain,
named San Iago (Santiago).
1510
Spanish colony (Santiago);
subordinated
to Santo
Domingo.
10 May
1655
English occupation, Spanish surrender
27 May 1655.
18 Jul
1670
Ceded by Spain to England by the
Treaty
of Madrid; English colony (Jamaica).
7 Jun
1692
Earthquake destroys Port Royal.
27 Jun 1694 - 23 Jul 1694 French
Admiral Jean-Baptiste du Casse (b.
1646 -
d. 1715) sacks Morant Bay.
1 Aug
1834
Slavery in Jamaica abolished by the
Slavery
Abolition Act.
11-13 Oct 1865
Morant Bay
rebellion.
17 Jan
1866
Crown colony
20 Nov 1944
Granted semi-responsible government.
5 May
1953
Self rule granted.
3 Jan 1958 -
31 May 1962 Part of the
Federation of the West Indies
(see Trinidad
and Tobago).
6 Aug
1962
Independence from Britain (Jamaica).
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Accompong
Maroons |
Windward
Maroons
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Governors
1510 -
1514
Juan de
Esquivel
(b. c.1480 - d. c.1519)
1514 -
1523
Francisco de
Garay
(d. 1523)
1523 -
1526
Pedro de Mazuelo
1526
Juan de Mendegurren
1526 -
1532
Alvaro Canelas
1532 - 1533
Manuel de Rojas (1st time)
1533 -
1534
Gil González Dávila (acting)
(Gil González de Ávila)
1534 - 1539
Manuel de Rojas (2nd time)
1539 - 1544
Pedro Cano (1st time)
1544 - 1556
Francisco de Pina
1556 - 1558
Juan González de Hinojosa
1558 - 1565
Pedro Cano (2nd time)
1565 - 1567
Blas de Melo
1567 - 1575
Juan de Gaudiel
1575 - 1577
Hernán Manrique de Rojas
1577
Iñigo Fuentes
1577 -
1578
Rodrigo Núñez de la Peña
1578 - 1582
Lucas del Valle Alvarado (1st time)
1582 -
1583
Pedro Lopez (acting)
1583 -
1586
Lucas del Valle Alvarado (2nd time)
1586
Delgado
1586 -
1591
Diego Fernández de Mercado
1591 - 1596
Lucas del Valle Alvarado (3rd time)
1596
García del Valle
1596 -
1606
Fernando Melgarejo de Córdoba
1607 -
1611
Alonso de Miranda
1611 -
1614
Pedro Espejo Barranco
1614 - 1620
Andrés González de Vera
1620 - 1625
Sebastián Lorenzo Romano
1625 -
1632
Francisco Terril
1628
Hieronimo Salcedo (in opposition)
1631 -
1637
Juan Martínez Arana
(in
opposition to 1632)
1637 -
1639
Gabriel Peñalver Angulo
1639 -
1640
Jacinto Sedeño Albornoz (1st time)
1640 -
1643
Francisco Ladrón de Zegama
1643 -
1645
Alcades
1645 -
1646
Sebastián Fernández de Gamboa
1646 -
1650
Pedro Caballero
1650
Jacinto Sedeño Albornoz (2nd time)
1650 -
1651
Francisco de Proenza (1st time)
1651 - 27 May
1655
Juan Ramírez de Arellano
1655 -
1656
Francisco de Proenza (2nd time)
(in opposition, at Guatibacoa)
25 Oct 1656 - 1657
Cristóbal Arnaldo de Isasi
(in opposition to English rule)
English Commissioners (serving jointly)
10 May 1655 - 25 Jun 1655
William
Penn
(b. 1621 - d. 1670)
10 May 1655 - 4 Jul 1655
Robert Venables
(b. c.1613 - d.
1687)
25 Jun 1655 - 30 Jan 1657 William
Goodsonn
(b. 1610 - d. c.1680)
4 Jul 1655 - 21 Oct 1655 Richard Fortescue
(d. 1655)
1 Oct 1655 - 24 May 1656 Robert
Sedgwick
(b. c.1611 - d. 1656)
24 May 1656 - 14
Dec 1656 Edward D'Oyley (Doyley)(1st
time) (b. 1617 - d. 1675)
14 Dec 1656 - 2 Sep 1657 William Brayne
(d. 1657)
2 Sep 1657 - 1 Jun
1661 Edward D'Oyley (Doyley)(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Governors
1 Jun 1661 - 11 Aug 1662 Edward
D'Oyley (Doyley)
(s.a.)
11 Aug 1662 - 28 Oct 1662 Thomas
Hickman Windsor, Baron (b. c.1627 -
d. 1687)
Windsor
28 Oct 1662 - 2 May 1664
Sir Charles Lyttelton (acting)
(b. 1628 - d. 1716)
2 May 1664 - 21 May 1664
Thomas Lynch (acting)
(b. 1630 - d. 1684)
21 May 1664 - 4 Jun 1664
Edward Morgan (acting)
(b. c.1610 - d. 1665)
4 Jun 1664 - 1 Jul 1671 Sir
Thomas Modyford (Modiford) (b. c.1620 - d.
1679)
Lieutenant-governors
25 Jun 1671 - 7 Mar 1675
Sir Thomas Lynch (1st time)
(s.a.)
7 Mar 1675 - 14 Mar 1675 Sir Henry
Morgan (1st
time) (b. 1635
- d. 1688)
(acting)
14 Mar 1675 - 14 Mar 1678 John Vaughan,
Lord Vaughan (b. 1640 -
d. 1713)
14 Mar 1678 - 19 Jul 1678 Sir
Henry Morgan (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
19 Jul 1678 - 27 May 1680
Charles Howard, Earl of Carlisle (b. 1629 -
d. 1685)
27 May 1680 - 24 Aug 1682 Sir
Henry Morgan (3rd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
24 Aug 1682 - 24 Aug 1684 Sir
Thomas Lynch (2nd time)
(s.a.)
24 Aug 1684 - 20 Dec 1687 Hender
Molesworth (acting) (b.
c.1638 - d. 1689)
20 Dec 1687 - 6 Oct 1688
Christopher Monck, Duke
of (b.
1653 - d. 1688)
Albemarle
6 Oct 1688 - 2 Aug 1690 Sir
Francis Watson (acting)
(d. 1692)
Captains-general and
Governors-in-chief
2 Aug 1690 - 16 Jan 1692 William
O'Brien, Earl of Inchiquin (b. 1638 - d. 1692)
16 Jan 1692 - 22 Aug 1692 John White
(acting)
(d. 1692)
22 Aug 1692 - 9 Mar 1693
John Bourden (acting)
(b. 1633 - d. 1697)
9 Mar 1693 - 22 Jan 1702 Sir
William
Beeston
(b. 1636 - d. 1702)
(acting to 1699)
22 Jan 1702 - 5 Apr 1702
William
Selwyn
(b. 1655 - d. 1702)
5 Apr 1702 - 4 Dec 1702 Peter
Beckford (acting)
(b. 1643 - d. 1710)
4 Dec 1702 - 11 Jul 1711 Thomas
Handasyde
(b. c.1645 - d. 1729)
(acting to 25 Mar 1704)
11 Jul 1711 - 25 Jul 1716 Lord
Archibald
Hamilton
(b. 1673 - d. 1754)
25 Jul 1716 - 26 Apr 1718 Peter
Heywood
(b. 1653
- d. 1725)
26 Apr 1718 - 22 Dec 1722 Sir
Nicholas Lawes
(b. 1652? - d. 1731)
22 Dec 1722 - 4 Jul 1726 Henry
Bentnick, Duke of Portland (b. 1682 - d.
1726)
4 Jul 1726 - 29 Jan 1728
John Ayscough (1st time)(acting) (d.
1735)
29 Jan 1728 - 31 Mar 1734 Robert
Hunter
(b. c.1675 - d. 1734)
31 Mar 1734 - 30 Sep 1735 John
Ayscough (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
30 Sep 1735 - 29 Dec 1735 John
Gregory (1st time)(acting) (d.
c.1764)
29 Dec 1735 - 12 Feb 1736 Henry
Cunningham
(b. c.1678 - d. 1736)
12 Feb 1736 - 29 Apr 1738 John
Gregory (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
30 Apr 1738 - 19 Sep 1752 Edward
Trelawny
(b. 1699 - d. 1754)
19 Sep 1752 - 27 Jan 1756
Charles
Knowles
(b. 1697 - d. 1777)
27 Jan 1756 - 3 Apr 1759
Sir Henry Moore (1st time)(acting) (b. 1713 - d. 1769)
3 Apr 1759 - 27 Jul 1759 George
Haldane
(b. 1722 - d. 1759)
27 Jul 1759 - 20 Jan 1762 Sir
Henry Moore (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
20 Jan 1762 - 2 Jun 1766
William Henry Lyttelton
(b. 1724 - d. 1808)
2 Jun 1766 - 30 Sep 1768 Roger Hope
Elletson (acting) (b.
1723 - d. 1775)
30 Sep 1768 - 11 Dec 1772 Sir
William
Trelawny
(b. 1722/23 - d. 1772)
11 Dec 1772 - 5 Jan 1774
John Dalling (1st time)(acting) (b.
c.1731 - d. 1798)
5 Jan 1774 - 15 Jun 1777 Sir Basil
Keith
(b. c.1734 - d. 1777)
15 Jun 1777 - 25 Nov 1781 John Dalling
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
(acting to 13 Feb 1778)
25 Nov 1781 - 7 Jul 1784 Archibald Campbell
(b. 1739 - d. 1791)
(acting to 15 Jan 1783)
7 Jul 1784 - 17 Mar 1790 Alured
Clarke
(b. 1745 - d. 1832)
17 Mar 1790 - 19 Nov 1791 Thomas
Howard, Earl of Effingham (b. 1746 - d.
1791)
19 Nov 1791 - 29 Apr 1795 Adam
Williamson
(acting)
(b. 1736 - d. 1798)
(from 18 Nov 1794, Sir Adam Williamson)
29 Apr 1795 - 29 Jul 1801
Alexander Lindsay, Earl of
(b. 1752 - d.
1825)
Balcarres
29 Jul 1801 - 20 Feb 1806 Sir
George
Nugent
(b. 1757 - d. 1849)
21 Feb 1806 - 26 Mar 1808 Sir
Eyre
Coote
(b. 1762 - d. 1824)
26 Mar 1808 - 26 Jun 1811 William
Montague, Duke of
(b. 1771 - d.
1843)
Manchester (1st time)
26 Jun 1811 - 13 Jun 1813 Edward
Morrison (acting)
(b. c.1759 - d. 1843)
14 Jun 1813 - 30 Jul 1821
William Montague, Duke of
(s.a.)
Manchester (2nd time)
31 Jul 1821 - 22 Dec 1822 Henry
Couran
(acting)
(b. 1767 - d. 1829)
22 Dec 1822 - 2 Jul 1827
William Montague, Duke of
(s.a.)
Manchester (3rd time)
3 Jul 1827 - 19 Feb 1829 Sir John
Keane
(acting)
(b. 1781 - d. 1844)
19 Feb 1829 - 11 Jun 1832
Somerset
Lowry-Corry,
(b. 1774 - d. 1841)
Earl of Belmore
13 Jun 1832 - 26 Jul 1832 George
Cuthbert (1st time)(acting) (b. 1767 - d. 1835)
26 Jul 1832 - 15 Mar 1834
Constantine Henry
Philips,
(b. 1797 - d. 1863)
Earl of Mulgrave, in the County
of York, Baron Mulgrave, of
Mulgrave, in the County of York,
Viscount
Normanby, of Normanby,
in the County of York
15 Mar 1834 - 29 Mar 1834 George
Cuthbert (2nd time) (acting)(s.a.)
29 Mar 1834 - 7 Apr 1834 Sir Amos
Godsell Robert Norcott (b. 1777 - d.
1838)
(acting)
7 Apr 1834 - 2 Sep
1836 Howe Peter Browne, Marquess
(b. 1788 - d. 1845)
of Sligo
2 Sep 1836 - 22 Sep 1839 Sir Lionel
Smith
(b. 1778 - d. 1842)
26 Sep 1839 - 19 May 1842 Sir
Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (b. 1785 -
d. 1846)
19 May 1842 - 25 May 1846 James
Bruce, Earl of Elgin and (b. 1811 -
d. 1863)
Kincardine
25 May 1846 - 21 Dec 1846 George
Henry Frederick Berkeley (b. 1785 - d.
1857)
(acting)
Feb 1847 - Oct 1853
Sir Charles Edward
Grey
(b. 1785 - d. 1865)
Oct 1853 - May
1856 Sir Henry
Barkly
(b. 1815 - d. 1898)
May 1856 - 24 Jul
1857 Edward Wells Bell
(acting)
(b. 1789 - d. 1807)
24 Jul 1857 - 25 Mar 1862
Charles Henry
Darling
(b. 1809 - d. 1870)
25 Mar 1862 - 16 Jul 1866 Edward
John Eyre
(b. 1815 - d. 1901)
(acting to May 1864; suspended from 12 Dec 1865)
12 Dec 1865 - 5
Aug 1866 Sir Henry Knight Storks (acting)
(b. 1811 - d. 1874)
5 Aug 1866 - 25 Jan 1874 Sir John
Peter
Grant
(b. 1807 - d. 1893)
25 Jan 1874 - 4 Apr 1874
William Alexander George Young (b.
1827 - d. 1885)
(acting)
4 Apr 1874 - 10 Mar 1877 Sir
William
Grey
(b. 1818 - d. 1878)
10 Mar 1877 - 10 Aug 1877 Edward
Everard Rushworth (acting) (b. 1818 - d. 1877)
10 Aug 1877 - 23 Aug 1877 James
Robert Mann
(acting)
(b. 1823 - d. 1915)
24 Aug 1877 - 20 Apr 1883 Sir
Anthony Musgrave (1st time) (b. 1828 -
d. 1888)
8 Oct 1879 - 4 Jun 1880
Edward Newton (acting for Musgrave)(b. 1832 - d. 1897)
20 Apr 1883 - 4 May 1883 Somerset Molyneux
Wiseman Clarke (b. 1803 - d. 1905)
(acting)
4 May 1883 - 21 Dec 1883 Dominic
Jacotin Gamble (acting) (b. 1823 - d.
1887)
21 Dec 1883 - 2 Jan
1889 Sir Henry Wylie
Norman
(b. 1826 - d. 1904)
10 Dec 1885 - 29 Mar 1886
Somerset Molyneux Wiseman Clarke (s.a.)
(acting for Norman)
2 Feb 1887 - 27 Mar 1887 William Clive
Justice
(b. 1835 - d. 1908)
(acting for Norman)
2 Jan 1889 - 9 Mar 1889 William Clive
Justice (acting) (s.a.)
9 Mar 1889 - 18 Jan 1898 Sir Henry
Arthur
Blake
(b. 1840 - d. 1918)
18 Jan 1898 - 11 Feb 1898 Henry
Jardine Hallowes (acting) (b. 1838 -
d. 1926)
11 Feb 1898 - 25 May 1904 Sir
Augustus William
Lawson (b.
1842 - d. 1907)
Hemming
25 May 1904 - 15 Sep 1904 Sydney
Haldane Olivier (1st time) (b. 1859 - d.
1943)
(acting)
15 Sep 1904 - 30 Sep 1904 Hugh
Clarence Bourne (1st time) (b. 1858 - d.
1909)
(acting)
30 Sep 1904 - 15 May 1907 Sir
James Alexander Swettenham (b.
1846 - d. 1933)
15 May 1907 - 16 May 1907 Hugh
Clarence Bourne (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
16 May 1907 - 18 Jan 1913 Sydney
Haldane Olivier (2nd time) (s.a.)
(from 28 Jun 1907, Sir Sydney Haldane Olivier)
Apr 1908 - 4 Jun
1908 Hugh Clarence Bourne
(s.a.)
(acting for Oliver)
18 Jan 1913 - 7 Mar 1913 Philip Clark Cork
(acting)
(b. 1854 - d. 1936)
7 Mar 1913 - 11 May 1918
Sir William Henry
Manning
(b. 1863 - d. 1932)
11 May 1918 - 11 Jun 1918 Robert
Johnstone
(acting)
(b. 1861 - d. 1944)
11 Jun 1918 - 16 Jun 1924 Sir
Leslie
Probyn
(b. 1862 - d. 1938)
4 Sep 1922 - 14 Nov 1922 Herbert
Bryan (acting for Probyn) (b. 1865 - d. 1950)
16 Jun 1924 - 29 Sep 1924 Herbert Bryan (1st
time)(acting) (s.a.)
29 Sep 1924 - 7 Jun 1925
Sir Samuel Herbert
Wilson
(b. 1873 - d. 1950)
7 Jun 1925 - 23 Aug 1925 Sir
Herbert Bryan (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
24 Aug 1925 - 5 Oct 1925
Arthur Mudge
(acting)
(b. 1871 - d. 1958)
6 Oct 1925 - 26 Apr 1926 Arthur Selborne
Jelf (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
(acting)
26 Apr 1926 - 9 Nov 1932
Sir Reginald Edward
Stubbs
(b. 1876 - d. 1947)
9 Nov 1932 - 21 Nov 1932 Arthur Selborne
Jelf (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
21 Nov 1932 - 10 Apr 1934 Sir
Alexander Ransford Slater
(b. 1874 - d. 1940)
10 Apr 1924 - 24 Oct 1934 Sir
Arthur Selborne Jelf (3rd time)(s.a.)
(acting)
24 Oct 1934 - 2 Jun 1938
Sir Edward Brandis
Denham
(b. 1876 - d. 1938)
2 Jun 1938 - 19 Aug 1938
Charles Campbell Woolley (acting) (b. 1893 - d.
1981)
19 Aug 1938 - 28 Jul 1943 Sir
Arthur Frederick Richards
(b. 1885 - d. 1978)
28 Jul 1943 - 29 Sep 1943
William Henry Flinn
(acting) (b. 1895 -
d. 1973)
29 Sep 1943 - 7 Apr 1951
Sir John
Huggins
(b. 1891 - d. 1971)
7 Apr 1951 - 18 Nov 1957
Sir Hugh Mackintosh
Foot
(b. 1907 - d. 1990)
18 Dec 1957 - 6 Aug 1962
Sir Kenneth William Blackburne
(b. 1907 - d. 1980)
King/Queen¹
6 Aug 1962
-
the King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Governors-general
(representing the British monarch as head of state)
6 Aug 1962 - 30 Nov 1962
Sir Kenneth William Blackburne
(s.a.)
1 Dec 1962 - 28 Feb 1973
Sir Clifford Clarence Campbell
(b. 1892 - d. 1991)
28 Feb 1973 - 27 Jun 1973 Sir
Herbert George Holwell Duffus
(b. 1908 - d. 2002)
(acting)
27 Jun 1973 - 31 Mar 1991
Florizel Augustus Glasspole
(b. 1909 - d. 2000)
(from 17 Apr 1981, Sir Florizel Glasspole)
31 Mar 1991 - 1 Aug 1991
Edward Zacca (acting)
(b. 1931 - d. 2019)
1 Aug 1991 - 15 Feb 2006
Sir Howard Felix Hanlan
Cooke (b. 1915 - d. 2014)
15 Feb 2006 - 26 Feb 2009
Kenneth Octavius Hall
(b. 1941)
(from 9 Oct 2007, Sir Kenneth Octavius Hall)
26 Feb 2009 -
Patrick Linton Allen
(b. 1951)
(from 26 Mar 2009, Sir Patrick Linton Allen)
Leader of Government Business
1945 - 5 May
1953
William Alexander
Bustamante (b. 1884
- d. 1977) JLP
Chief ministers
5 May 1953 - 2 Feb
1955 William Alexander
Bustamante (s.a.)
JLP
2 Feb 1955 - 4 Jul
1959 Norman Washington
Manley
(b. 1893 - d. 1969) PNP
Premiers
4 Jul 1959 - 29 Apr 1962
Norman Washington
Manley
(s.a.)
PNP
29 Apr 1962 - 6 Aug 1962
Sir William Alexander Bustamante
(s.a.)
JLP
Prime ministers
6 Aug 1962 - 22 Feb 1967 Sir William
Alexander Bustamante
(s.a.)
JLP
Feb 1964 - 22 Feb
1967 Donald Burns
Sangster
(b. 1911 - d. 1967) JLP
(acting for Bustamante)
22 Feb 1967 - 11 Apr 1967 Donald
Burns
Sangster
(s.a.)
JLP
(from 6 Apr 1967, Sir Donald Burns Sangster)
11 Apr 1967 - 2 Mar 1972
Hugh Lawson
Shearer
(b. 1923 - d. 2004) JLP
2 Mar 1972 - 1 Nov
1980 Michael Norman Manley (1st time)
(b. 1924 - d. 1997) PNP
1 Nov 1980 - 10 Feb 1989
Edward Philip George
Seaga
(b. 1930 - d. 2019) JLP
10 Feb 1989 - 30 Mar 1992
Michael Norman Manley (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PNP
30 Mar 1992 - 30 Mar 2006
Percival Noel James
Patterson (b.
1935)
PNP
30 Mar 2006 - 11 Sep 2007 Portia
Simpson Miller (f)(1st time)(b.
1945)
PNP
11 Sep 2007 - 23 Oct 2011 Orette Bruce
Golding
(b. 1947)
JLP
23 Oct 2011 - 5 Jan 2012 Andrew
Michael Holness (1st time) (b. 1972)
JLP
5 Jan 2012 - 3 Mar
2016 Portia Simpson Miller (f)(2nd
time)(s.a.)
PNP
3 Mar 2016 -
Andrew Michael Holness (2nd time)
(s.a.)
JLP
¹Full style:
(a) 6 Aug 1962 - 31 Aug 1962: "By the Grace of
God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen,
Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) 31 Aug 1962 - 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of
God of Jamaica and of Her other Realms and Territories
Queen, Head of the Commonwealth";
(c) from 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God of
Jamaica and of His other Realms and Territories King,
Head of the Commonwealth."
Territorial Disputes:
Jamaica has largely dormant claim to
Bajo
Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands) which are
also claimed by Colombia and U.S.; also possibly claims
Serranilla
Bank claimed by Colombia
and U.S.
Party abbreviations: JLP
= Jamaica Labour Party (conservative, center-right,
nationalist, est.8 Jul 1943); PNP
= People's National Party (social-democratic, center-left,
est.1938)
Accompong Maroons
1655
Tainos and Africans freed by the Spanish during English
invasion
take to remote parts of the island.
1 Mar
1739
Limited self-government for Jamaican Leeward
Maroons established
by peace
treaty with U.K. (and the Windward Maroons 23 Jun 1739).
3 Aug 1942
Draft Maroon constitution
(State of the Leeward Maroons).
6 Aug
1962
Part of independent Jamaica (political and legal status
of the
Maroon communities not addressed).
Colonel-in-chiefs (at Cudjoe's Town
to c.1750 then Accompong)
1739 - 1750/64?
Cudjoe (Kojo)
(b. c.1690 - d.
1750/64?)
(leader from 1720)
1750/64? -
c.1773
Accompong
(d. c.1773)
17.. -
17..
Crankey (= Sampson Dela Roche)
(b. c.1713 - d. 18..)
+ Muncko (= Alexander Forbes)
(b. c.1733 - d. 18..)
(appointed by British superintendent)
... -
...
John James (?)
17.. - 1795
Chambers (?)
1810 -
1815
John
Foster
(b. c.1743 - d. 18..)
1815 - 1818
Robert
Austin
(b. c.1749 - d. 18..)
18.. -
18..
Robert James McLeod
(b. c.1823 - d. 18..)
18.. -
18..
H.E. Wright
1870 - 1896
Henry Octavius Rowe
(b. 1835 - d.
....)
Dec 1896 - 1897
Robert J. Wright
Jul 1897 -
1897
Isaac Miles
(b. 1827 - d. 1906)
1897 - 1920
Henry Ezekiel Wright
(b. 1853? - d. 1921)
1920 - 1938
Henry Augustus Rowe (1st
time) (b. 1856? - d. 1961)
1938
Walter James Robertson (1st time) (b. 1871? - d.
1971)
(acting)
Aug 1938 - 1943?
Thomas James Cawley (1st time)
(b. 1907? - d. 1971)
1943? - 1948
Henry Augustus Rowe
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1948 - 1951
Henry Mann O. Rowe
(b. 1903 - d. 2006)
1951 - 1957
Thomas James
Cawley (2nd time) (s.a.)
1957 - 1967
Walter James Robertson (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1967 -
1982
Martell (Martin Luther) Wright
(1st time)
1982 - 1987
Harris N. Cawley (1st time)
1987 -
1993
Martell (Martin Luther) Wright
(2nd time)
1993
Harris N. Cawley (2nd time)
1993 - 1998
Meredie Rowe
1998 - 2009
Sidney Peddie
(b. 1937 - d. 2014)
2009 - 24 Feb 2021
Ferron Harris
Williams (b.
1955)
24 Feb 2021 -
Richard Currie
(b. 1978?)
Windward Maroons
Colonels (at Moore Town)
1952 - 1964
Ernest Downer
(d.
1973)
1964 - 1995
Collin Lloyd George
Harris
(b. 1917 - d. 2017)
1995
-
Wallace Sterling
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