Hugh Shearer

Tags: Prime Minister.

Hugh Lawson Shearer ON OJ PC (18 May 1923 – 5 July 2004) was the third Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1967 to 1972.

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active years end date

1972-03-02, 1989-02-10

active years start date

1967-04-11, 1980-11-01

birth date

1923-05-18

birth place

Jamaica, Trelawny Parish

death date

2004-07-05

death place

Jamaica, Kingston Jamaica

monarch

Elizabeth II

nationality

Jamaica

office

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party

order in office

3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica

party

Jamaica Labour Party

prime minister

Edward Seaga

successor

Edward Seaga, Michael Manley