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Newly Sworn in Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers & Attorney General

By: , March 7, 2016

The Key Point:

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, MP is also the Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation.
Newly Sworn in Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers & Attorney General
The 18-member Cabinet, four State Ministers and Attorney General led by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), was sworn in at King’s House on Monday, March 7, 2016.

The Facts

  • The Hon. Horace Chang, MP, the Hon. Derrick Smith, MP and the Hon. Daryl Vaz, MP are all Ministers without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister.
  • The Ministry of Education is now the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information.

The Full Story

Cabinet Ministers

1 The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, MP – Prime Minister
Minister of Defence
Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation

2 Hon. Derrick Smith CD, MP – Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister

3 Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, MP – Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation

4 Hon. Daryl Vaz, MP – Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation

5 Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

6 Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP – Minister of Finance and Public Service

7 Hon. Karl Samuda, MP – Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries

8 Hon. JC Hutchinson, MP – Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries

9 Hon. Robert Montague, MP – Minister of National Security

10 Hon. Delroy Chuck, MP – Minister of Justice

11 Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid – Minister of Education, Youth and Information

12 Dr. Hon. Andrew Wheatley, MP – Minister of Energy, Science and Technology

13 Hon. Desmond McKenzie CD, MP – Minister of Local Government and Community Development

14 Hon. Lester Michael Henry CD, MP – Minister of Transport and Mining

15 Hon. Edmund Bartlett CD, MP – Minister of Tourism

16 Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, MP – Minister of Health

17 Hon. Shahine Robinson, MP – Minister of Labour and Social Security

18 Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange CD, MP – Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports

 

Ministers of State

1 Hon. Fayval Williams, MP – Minister of State in Ministry of Finance and Public Service

2 Hon. Rudyard Spencer CD, MP – Minister of State in Ministry of Finance and Public Service

3 Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. – Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security

4 Hon. Floyd Green, MP – Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information

 

Attorney General

Mrs. Marlene Malahoo Forte, MP – Attorney General

 

Last Updated: March 11, 2016

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