Andrew Holness
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The Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, MP |
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| 9th Prime Minister of Jamaica | |
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Assumed office 3 March 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Preceded by | Portia Simpson-Miller |
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In office 23 October 2011 – 5 January 2012 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Preceded by | Bruce Golding |
| Succeeded by | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party | |
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Assumed office 20 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Golding |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 11 September 2007 – 1 January 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bruce Golding (2007-2011) Himself (2011-2012) |
| Preceded by | Maxine Henry-Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Thwaites |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Andrew Michael Holness 22 July 1972 Spanish Town, Jamaica |
| Political party | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Juliet Holness (1997–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist |
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, MP (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 25 February 2016 general elections. Holness previously served as Prime Minister from October 2011 to January 5, 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as Prime Minister and decided to go to the polls in the 29 December 2011 general elections in a bid to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. He failed in that bid, however, losing badly to the Portia Simpson Miller-led People's National Party, with the PNP gaining 42 seats to the JLP's 21.
Following that defeat, Holness served as Leader of the Opposition from January 2012 to March 2016, when he once again assumed the position of Prime Minister.
Holness is the youngest person to become Prime Minister in Jamaica's history, as well as the country's ninth Prime Minister overall. He is the also first prime minister to be born post-Jamaican independence in 1962.
Andrew Holness is a graduate of the St. Catherine High School and a graduate of the University of the West Indies where he pursued a Master of Science in Development Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies. In 1997, he married Juliet Holness (née Landell), an accountant, whom he had met as student at St. Catherine High School during the 1980s. The couple have two children, Adam and Andrew Jr.
Holness served as Executive Director in the Voluntary Organization for Uplifting Children from 1994 to 1996 and then joined the Premium Group of Companies, acting as a special assistant to Edward Seaga.
He is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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