Prime Minister Names Cabinet

March 8, 2016 JA-Blogz News Team

The Prime Minister has named the members of his Cabinet.

The new members were officially sworn in at a ceremony at Kings House on Monday.

They are as follows:

Cabinet Ministers

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

2 Hon. Horace Chang, MP Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister

3 Hon. Derrick Smith, MP Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister

4 Hon. Daryl Vaz, MP Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister

5 Senator Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs

6 Hon. Audley Shaw, MP Minister of Finance and Public Service
Hon. Fayval Williams, MP Minister of State in Ministry of Finance and Public Service
Hon. Rudyard Spencer, MP Minister of State in Ministry of Finance and Public Service

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

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

9 Hon. Robert Montague, MP Minister of National Security
Senator Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security

10 Hon. Delroy Chuck, MP Minister of Justice

11 Senator, Hon. Ruel Reid Minister of Education, Youth and Information
Hon. Floyd Green, MP Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information

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

13 Hon. Desmond McKenzie, MP Minister of Local Government

14 Hon. Mike Henry, MP Minister of Transport and Mining

15 Hon. Edmund Bartlett, MP Minister of Tourism

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

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

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

Mrs. Marlene Malahoo Forte, MP – Attorney General

The Newly Sworn-in Cabinet via jis.gov.jm

Source: JIS

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