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The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Jamaica's head of government, currently Portia Simpson Miller. portia simpson miller was elected as the new leader of the governing peoples national Party and succeeded andrew holness to become Jamaica's ninth Prime Minister on 23 October 2011. [1]. she has recently been prime minister with the defeat of the jamaica labour party{jlp}on December 29,2011.
The Prime Minister is formally appointed into office by the Governor General of Jamaica, who represents Elizabeth II, the Queen of Jamaica (Jamaica's Head of State).
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| Incumbent | Portrait | Tenure | Elected | Political Affiliation | |
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| Took Office | Left Office | ||||
| Sir Alexander Bustamante | 5 May 1953 | 2 February 1955 | —— | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| Norman Manley | 2 February 1955 | 29 April 1962 | 1955 | People's National Party | |
| 1959 | |||||
| # | Incumbent | Portrait | Tenure | Elected | Political affiliation | |
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| Took Office | Left Office | |||||
| 1 | Sir Alexander Bustamante | 29 April 1962 | 23 February 1967 | 1962 | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2 | Sir Donald Sangster* | 23 February 1967 | 11 April 1967 | 1967 | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 3 | Hugh Shearer | 11 April 1967 | 2 March 1972 | —— | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 4 | Michael Manley | 2 March 1972 | 1 November 1980 | 1972 | People's National Party | |
| 1976 | ||||||
| 5 | Edward Seaga | 1 November 1980 | 10 February 1989 | 1980 | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1983 | ||||||
| (4) | Michael Manley | 10 February 1989 | 30 March 1992 | 1989 | People's National Party | |
| 6 | P. J. Patterson | 30 March 1992 | 30 March 2006 | 1993 | People's National Party | |
| 1997 | ||||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| 7 | Portia Simpson-Miller | 30 March 2006 | 11 September 2007 | —— | People's National Party | |
| 8 | Bruce Golding | 11 September 2007 | 23 October 2011 | 2007 | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 9 | Andrew Holness | 23 October 2011 | January 2012 | —— | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| (7) | Portia Simpson-Miller | January 2012 | Designate | 2011 | People's National Party | |
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