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List of education ministers of Jamaica
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The following is a list of education ministers of Jamaica since adult suffrage (1944).
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Jehoida McPherson
(1945–1949)
Joseph Malcolm
(1950–1951)
L. L. Simmonds
(1951–1953)
Edwin Allen
(1953–1955)
Ivan Lloyd
(1955–1957)
Florizel Glasspole
(1957–1962)
Edwin Allen
(1962–1972)
Florizel Glasspole
(1972–1973)
Eli Matalon
(1973–1974)
Howard Cooke
(1974–1977)
Eric Bell
(1977–1978)
Phyllis MacPherson-Russell
(1978–1980)
Mavis Gilmour
(1980–1986)
Neville Gallimore
(1986–1989)
Carlyle Dunkley
(1989–1992)
Burchell Whiteman
(1992–2002)
Maxine Henry-Wilson
(2002–2007)
Andrew Holness
(2007–2012)
Ronald Thwaites
(2012–2016)
Ruel Reid
(2016–2019)
Karl Samuda
(2019–2020)
Fayval Williams
(2020–2024)
Dana Morris Dixon
(2024-)
See also
Cabinet of Jamaica
Ministries and agencies of the Jamaican government
References
↑
Troy Caine (August 6, 2017).
"Jamaica's political journey to Independence"
.
Jamaica Observer
. Retrieved
2020-10-14
.
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"List of education ministers of Jamaica"
. Ministry of Education and Youth
. Retrieved
2020-09-11
.
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