Friends and The Friendly, JLP’s Andrew Holness Assigns New Cabinet Members after winning 2016 Jamaica Election

The 2016 Jamaica General Election is over, just in case you missed it.

But how could you?

There was a 1.5 quake that displaced the ruling Peoples’ National Party. In March 2016, the Jamaica Labour Party with Prime Minister elect Andrew Holness came into power.

Its early days yet, but many Jamaicans are watching like a hawk, to see what the second term prime Minister will do.

First on his agenda was naming his cabinet. Let’s take a look at those who were assigned posts in the Andrew Holness led cabinet.

Cabinet Ministers

The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, MP – Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation
Derrick Smith CD, MP – Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister
Dr. Horace Chang, MP – Minister without Portfolio in theMinistry of Economic Growth and Job Creation
Daryl Vaz, MP– Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation
Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Audley Shaw, CD, MP – Minister of Finance and Public Service
Karl Samuda, MP – Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries
JC Hutchinson, MP – Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries
Robert Montague, MP – Minister of National Security
Delroy Chuck, MP– Minister of Justice
Senator, the Hon. Ruel Reid – Minister of Education, Youth and Information
Hon. Andrew Wheatley, MP – Minister of Energy, Science and Technology
Desmond McKenzie CD, MP – Minister of Local Government and Community Development
Lester Michael Henry CD, MP – Minister of Transport and Mining
Edmund Bartlett CD, MP – Minister of Tourism
the Hon. Christopher Tufton, MP – Minister of Health
Shahine Robinson, MP – Minister of Labour and Social Security
Olivia “Babsy” Grange CD, MP– Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports

Ministers of State

Fayval Williams, MP – Minister of State in Ministry of Finance and Public Service
Rudyard Spencer CD, MP – Minister of State in Ministry of Finance and Public Service
Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. – Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security
Floyd Green, MP– Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information

Attorney General

Mrs. Marlene Malahoo Forte, MP – Attorney General