Wykeham McNeill
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The Honourable Dr. Kenneth Wykeham McNeill MD MP CD |
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| Opposition Spokesman on Tourism | |
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Assumed office 18 March 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Edmund Bartlett |
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In office 11 September 2007 – 6 January 2012 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Kenneth Hall Patrick Allen |
| Prime Minister |
Bruce Golding Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Edmund Bartlett |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Bartlett |
| Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | |
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In office 6 January 2012 – 3 March 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Prime Minister | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Preceded by | Edmund Bartlett |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Bartlett |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry and Tourism | |
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In office 5 January 2000 – 11 September 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Kenneth Hall |
| Prime Minister |
P. J. Patterson Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Member of Parliament for Westmoreland West | |
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Assumed office 16 December 1997 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Kenneth Hall Patrick Allen |
| Prime Minister |
P. J. Patterson Portia Simpson-Miller Bruce Golding Andrew Holness Portia Simpson-Miller Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Trevor Ruddock |
| Personal details | |
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10 October 1957 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Nationality |
 Jamaica
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| Political party | People's National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Benjamin McNeill |
| Alma mater | University of Havana, Cuba |
| Religion | Christianity |
Kenneth Wykeham McNeill, MD, MP, CD (born October 1957 in Kingston, St. Andrew Parish) is a Jamaican politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for Westmoreland West, Jamaica. and a former government minister. He was the Minister of Tourism of Jamaica from 2012-2016. He was elected the first vice chair of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization representing Jamaica in 2012 and elected chairman of the Executive council for the 2014-2015 period. McNeill was elected a Vice President of The People's National Party at the Party's annual conference in September 2016.
Born in 1957 in the parish of Kingston, Jamaica, McNeill is the youngest son born to former Minister of Health Kenneth McNeill and his wife Valerie.
McNeill is a physician by profession having graduated from Medical school at The University of Havana, Cuba in 1983. He has served in various hospitals in Jamaica including St. Anns Bay, Spanish Town, Kingston Public Hospitals and the University of the West Indies. He later went on to private practice at the Eureka Medical Center.
An avid lover of sports, McNeill served as a member of the Boxing Board of Control from 1994–1997 and chaired the Amateur Development and the Medical Committees of the board. He is also the founding Chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which he headed from 1995-2000. He is also a co-founder of the Clinic of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. He has worked with a number of national teams including the Reggae Boyz and in 1996, traveled as a member of the medical team to the Olympic Games in Athens.
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