Prime Minister of Jamaica

The Prime Minister of Jamaica is the head of government of Jamaica.
== List ==
A list of the prime ministers who have served to date, their tenures, political parties, and prominent events that occurred within those tenures.
No.	Name 	Term of Office 	Political Party	Events
1 	Sir Alexander Bustamante	6 August 1962 - 23 February 1967 	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
* Independence of Jamaica
* Admittance to the United Nations
* Coral Gardens incident
2 	Sir Donald Sangster 	23 February 1967 - 11 April 1967 	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
* Death in office
3 	Hugh Shearer 	11 April 1967 - 2 March 1972 	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
* Rodney riots
4 	Michael Manley 	2 March 1972 - 1 November 1980 	
* People's National Party	
*Tropical Storm Gilda
*Bauxite LevyRemembering Michael Manley - Brian Meeks - 6 August 2020 - Tribune - Retrieved 2 March 2021
*National Minimum Wage OrdersNational Minimum Wage: Almost a century of marginalisation - Orville Taylor - 21 December 2012 - The Gleaner - Retrieved 2 March 2021
*Passage of the Gun Court Act
*Passage of the Suppression of Crime Act
*1976 State of Emergency
*Green Bay massacre
5 	Edward Seaga 	1 November 1980 - 10 February 1989 	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
* United States invasion of Grenada
4 	Michael Manley 	10 February 1989 - 30 March 1992 	
* People's National Party	
6 	P. J. Patterson 	30 March 1992 - 30 March 2006 	
* People's National Party	
7 	Portia Simpson-Miller 	30 March 2006 - 11 September 2007 	
* People's National Party	
8 	Bruce Golding 	11 September 2007 - 23 October 2011	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
* Hijacking of CanJet Flight 918
* 2010 Kingston unrest
9 	Andrew Holness 	23 October 2011 - 5 January 2012 	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
7 	Portia Simpson-Miller 	5 January 2012 - 3 March 2016 	
* People's National Party	
* 2014 Chikungunya outbreakNearly 50% of Jamaicans suffered from chikungunya virus during 2014 outbreak - 26 July 2019 - Stabroek News - Retrieved 2 March 2021
* David Cameron's Prison GiftUK Prime Minister David Cameron comes bearing gifts, making promises - Gary Spaulding - 29 September 2015 - The Gleaner - Retrieved 2 March 2021
* Shinzo Abe visitAbe Attempts Dancing to Reggae Music in Jamaica - Jun Hongo - 2 October 2015 - The Wall Street Journal - Retrieved 2 March 2021
* Dead Babies scandal42 infected babies at 2 hospitals; 18 dead - Alphea Saunders - 20 October 2015 - Jamaica Observer - Retrieved 2 March 2021Clearly, the JLP did the math - Troy Caine - 30 April 2016 - Jamaica Observer - Retrieved 2 March 2021
* Bad Gas scandalMotorists Affected by Jamaican “Bad Gas” Scandal Get $24 Million Payout - Sher-kae McLeod - 2 August 2019 - Caribbean National Weekly - Retrieved 2 March 2021
9 	Andrew Holness 	3 March 2016 - present 	
* Jamaica Labour Party	
* COVID-19 pandemic
== Links ==
* Prime Minister of Jamaica on Wikipedia
== References ==
Category:Real prime ministers
Category:Real Prime Ministers of Jamaica
Category:Real heads of government