Jamaican PM Appoints New Ministers

By: - January 6th, 2012

Above: MPs Dr Peter Philips, Lisa Hanna and Damion Crawford

By the Caribbean Journal staff

New Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller appointed 19 new ministers and eight Ministers of State to her cabinet at a ceremony today at King’s House, following her swearing-in yesterday. See below for the full list:

See below for the State Ministers:

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