Omar Davies

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Dr. Omar Davies
Dr. Omar Davies
Former Minister Of Finance & Planning
In office December, 1993 – September, 2007
Deputy	Fitz Jackson
Succeeded by	Audley Shaw
Constituency	South St. Andrew
Born	May 28, 1947 (1947-05-28) (age 61) Four Paths, Clarendon, Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican
Political party	The People's National Party
Spouse	Dr. Rose Davies
Profession	Educator and Economist

Dr. Omar Davies (born May 28, 1947) is the former Minister of Finance of Jamaica, he has been succeeded by Audley Shaw & by extension Dwight Nelson and Don Wehby.Dr. Davies has significant academic and financial experience, having attained the former as a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies (1981 to 1989) and the latter as Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (from 1989 to 1993).

A graduate of the University of the West Indies and Northwestern University in the United States, where he received a doctorate in Economics, Dr. Davies was born in Four Paths, Clarendon on May 28, 1947. He worked as an Assistant Professor at the Ivy League institution, Stanford University in California from 1973 to 1976 before returning home.

He was elected Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Planning Development Project Implementation. This was prior to him assuming his current position. Dr. Davies is a Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew. He is married with three children. Dr. Davies is an excellent and dedicated public servant, his critics however like to point out the "RUN WID IT" speech and the "90's Financial Sector Meltdown" as to justify why they think he has been unethical and a colossal failure respectively.

Memorable Quotes

"Run wid it"

" You think over 5 billion in investment is buck upps?"

"We no longer owe the I.M.F"

"and that is a fact; FACT!"