Prime Ministers of Jamaica - Michael Manley, Portia Simpson-Miller, P. J. Patterson, Edward Seaga, Norman Manley, Alexander Bustamante (Paperback)

Chapters: Michael Manley, Portia Simpson-Miller, P. J. Patterson, Edward Seaga, Norman Manley, Alexander Bustamante, Hugh Shearer, Bruce Golding, Donald Sangster, Prime Minister of Jamaica. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Michael Norman Manley ON OCC (December 10, 1924 March 6, 1997) was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972 1980, 1989 1992). Michael Manley was a democratic socialist. The second son of Jamaica's Premier Norman Manley and Jamaican artist Edna Manley, Michael Manley was a charismatic figure who became the leader of the Jamaican People's National Party a few months before his father's death in 1969. He attended Jamaica College and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. In 1945, he enrolled at the London School of Economics. In 1949, he graduated, and returned to Jamaica to serve as an editor and columnist for the newspaper Public Opinion. At around the same time, he became involved in the trade union movement, and became a negotiator for the National Workers Union. In August, 1953, he became a full-time official of that union. When his father was elected chief minister of Jamaica in 1955, Michael resisted the idea of entering politics, not wanting to be seen as capitalizing on his family name. He eventually relented, however, and accepted an appointment to the Senate of the Parliament of Jamaica in 1962. He later won a very close election to the Jamaican House of Representatives in 1967. After his father's retirement, he became the leader of the People's National Party in 1969. In that capacity, he served as leader of the Opposition until his party won in the general elections of 1972. Manley soundly beat the unpopular incumbent Prime Minister Hugh Shearer (his cousin) in the election of 1972 after runn...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=20568