Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has unveiled his new Cupboard, bringing again acquainted names whereas making notable additions to the Senate.
The Cupboard sees the return of Andrew Wheatley and Robert Montague, each reinstated as Ministers with out Portfolio. Wheatley will deal with science, expertise and particular tasks from the Workplace of the Prime Minister, whereas Montague takes cost of land titling and settlements within the Ministry of Financial Progress and Infrastructure Improvement. Robert Morgan additionally joins that ministry with duty for works.
Holness himself retains the portfolios of Prime Minister, Defence, and Financial Progress and Infrastructure Improvement, whereas key ministers similar to Dr. Horace Chang (Deputy Prime Minister and Nationwide Safety), Dr. Christopher Tufton (Well being and Wellness), Fayval Williams (Finance and the Public Service), Edmund Bartlett (Tourism), and Olivia “Babsy” Grange (Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Sport) proceed of their roles.
The Senate record additionally carries significance, with businessman Keith Duncan among the many new appointees. Duncan, who serves as Group CEO of JMMB and chairman of Jamaica’s Financial Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), is broadly considered one of many nation’s main voices on financial reform and financial duty. His appointment is particularly notable as he replaces the late Don Wehby, one other revered businessman who straddled each the personal sector and politics. Wehby’s passing earlier this yr left a spot within the Senate that Duncan is now positioned to fill, bringing continuity to the custom of enterprise leaders contributing to nationwide coverage.
Additionally reappointed is veteran senator and former Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson, alongside different acquainted names similar to Kamina Johnson Smith, Aubyn Hill, Dana Morris Dixon, Sherene Golding Campbell, Abka Fitz-Henley, Charles Sinclair, Kavan Gayle, Marlon Morgan, and Dr. Elon Thompson. Christian Tavares-Finson and Rose Marie Bennett-Cooper are the opposite new additions to spherical out the 13-member slate.
Holness, in a press release, underscored that the appointments are aligned along with his administration’s historic 2025 mandate to rework Jamaica right into a peaceable, inclusive, and affluent nation.
