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Governors-General
06 Aug - 30 Nov 1962 Sir Kenneth William Blackburne ........... 1907-1980
01 Dec 1962 - 02 Mar 1973 Sir Clifford Clarence Cambell ............ 1892-1991
Sir Herbert George Holwell Duffus ........ 1908-2002
27 Jun 1973 - 31 Mar 1991 Florizel Augustus Glasspole .............. 1909-2000
31 Mar - 01 Aug 1991 Edward Zacca ............................. 1931-
01 Aug 1991 - 15 Feb 2006 Sir Howerd Felix Hanlan Cooke ............ 1915-2014
15 Feb 2006 - 26 Feb 2009 Sir Kenneth Octavias Hall ................ 1941-
26 Feb 2009 - Sir Patrick Linton Allen ................. 1951-
Chief Ministers
05 May 1953 - 02 Feb 1955 William Alexander Bustamante ............. 1884-1977
02 Feb 1955 - 29 Apr 1962 Norman Washington Manley ................. 1893-1969
Prime Ministers
23 Apr 1962 - 23 Feb 1967 Sir William Alexander Bustamante ......... s.a
23 Feb - 11 Apr 1967 Sir Donald Burns Sangster ................ 1911-1967
11 Apr 1967 - 02 Mar 1972 Hugh Lawson Shearer ...................... 1923-2004
02 Mar 1972 - 01 Nov 1980 Michael Norman Manley (1st Time) ......... 1923-1997
01 Nov 1980 - 10 Feb 1989 Edward Philipe George Seaga .............. 1930-2019
10 Feb 1989 - 30 Mar 1992 Michael Norman Manley (2nd Time)
30 Mar 1992 - 30 Mar 2006 Percival Noel James Patterson ............ 1935-
30 Mar 2006 - 11 Feb 2007 Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller ........... 1945-
11 Sep 2007 - 23 Oct 2011 Orette Bruce Golding ..................... 1947-
23 Oct 2011 - 05 Jan 2012 Andrew Michael Holness (1st Time) ........ 1972-
05 Jan 2012 - 03 Mar 2016 Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller (2nd Time)
03 Mar 2016 - Andrew Michael Holness (2nd Time)
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Federation of the West Indies
03 Jan 1958 Federation of the West Indies (Antigue, Barbados, Cayman Islands,
Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla,
St.Lucia, St.Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands)
31 May 1962 Federation dissolved
Govenor-general
03 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 Patrick George Thomas,
Buchan-Hepburn, Baron Hailes ............ 1901-1974
Prime Minister
18 Apr 1958 - 31 May 1962 Sir Grantley Herbert Adams ............... 1898-1971
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