Jamaica

 

 Adopted 06 Aug 1962 

 

c.1000 BC                 Taíno people settle on the island

                           naming it "Xaymaca"

03 May 1494               Claimed for Spain

       1510               Spanish colony of Santiago

11 May 1655               English occupation

18 Jul 1670               Ceded to England by Spain

05 May 1953               Self rule

03 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 Part of Federation of the West Indies

06 Aug 1962 -             Independence (Jamaica)

 

Govenors-general

01 Dec 1962 - 02 Mar 1973 Sir Clifford Clarence Cambell ... 1892-1991

27 Jun 1973 - 31 Mar 1991 Florizel Augustus Glasspole ..... 1909-2000

01 Aug 1991 - 15 Feb 2006 Sir Howerd Felix Hanlan Cooke         

15 Feb 2006 - 26 Feb 2009 Kenneth Octavias Hall

26 Feb 2009 -             Patrick Linton Allen

 

Prime Ministers

05 May 1953 - 02 Feb 1955 William Alexander Bustamante .... 1884-1977

                          (1st Time)

02 Feb 1955 - 29 Apr 1962 Norman Washington Manley ........ 1893-1969

29 Apr 1962 - 23 Feb 1967 Sir William Alexander Bustamante (2nd Time)

23 Feb      - 11 Apr 1967 Sir Donald Burns Sangster ....... 1911-1967

                          (acting for Bustamante from 1964)

11 Apr 1967 - 02 Mar 1972 Hugh Lawson Shearer ............. 1923-2004

02 Mar 1972 - 01 Nov 1980 Michael Norman Manley ........... 1923-1997

                          (1st Time)

01 Nov 1980 - 10 Feb 1989 Edward Philipe George Seaga ..... 1930-

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-

                          (1st Time)

11 Sep 2007 - 23 Oct 2011 Orette Bruce Golding ............ 1947-

23 Oct 2011 - 05 Jan 2012 Andrew Michael Holness .......... 1972-

05 Jan 2012 -             Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller (2nd Time)