Delano Franklyn
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Senator the Honourable Delano Franklyn is a Jamaican currently serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
An Attorney-at-Law and trained Teacher, Franklyn was educated at Kingston College, Mico Teachers’ College, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Cave Hill, Barbados, and the Norman Manley Law School, Mona Jamaica. He was called to the Bar in 1995.
In 1995 he was appointed the Manager of the National Youth Service (NYS) and in 1998 was appointed the Chief Advisor to the then Prime Minister of Jamaica, PJ Patterson. In October 2002 he was appointed a Senator and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with special responsibility for:
· The Jamaican Diaspora and Overseas Communities
· Countries of the Caribbean and the Americas
· Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
· Summit of the Americas
· Marine & Aviation Affairs
· Latin America and Economic Systems (SELA)
· Organisation of American States (OAS)
In June 2006 he was selected to represent Western St Mary as a candidate for the People's National Party (PNP) in the next general elections.
In October 2006, he was appointed by the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller to give ministerial oversight to Jamaica's role in Cricket World Cup 2007, which takes place in nine Caribbean territories in March and April 2007.
As a freelance journalist, Senator Franklyn has written numerous articles on political and social matters which have been published in national newspapers, the Jamaica Observer and the Gleaner.
He is the author of the book “The Right Move – Corporate Leadership and Governance in Jamaica “ (2001) and the editor of “A Jamaican Voice in Caribbean and World Politics” (2002), "The Challenges of Change" (2003) and "We Want Justice - Jamaica and the Caribbean Court of Justice" (2005).
Franklyn lives in Kingston, Jamaica and has two children.
