Donald Sangster

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**Sir Donald Burns Sangster**

Term:	February 23, 1967 - April 11, 1967
Predecessor:	Alexander Bustamante
Successor:	Hugh Shearer
Date of Birth:	October 26, 1911
Date of Death:	April 11, 1967
Place of Birth:	Jamaica
Place of Death:	Montreal, Canada
Political Party:	Jamaica Labour Party

Sir Donald Burns Sangster (October 26, 1911 - April 11, 1967) was a Jamaican politician and Prime Minister of Jamaica. He entered politics in 1933 with his election to a local parish council. In 1944 was elected to the island's House of Representatives as a member of the Jamaica Labour Party becoming Minister of Social Welfare and Labour and, later, Minister of Finance. He became Acting Prime Minister in February 1964 when Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante became ill. He succeeded Bustamante as Prime Minister on February 23, 1967 only to die in office on April 11. His face appears on the Jamaican one hundred dollar banknote.