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Andrew Holness

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Andrew Michael Holness, (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011. Holness previously served as prime minister from 23 October 2011 to 5 January 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as prime minister and decided to go to the polls in the 29 December 2011 general election in an attempt to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. He failed in that bid, however, losing to the People's National Party led by Portia Simpson-Miller, with the PNP gaining 42 seats to the JLP's 21. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Andrew Holness is the 17,230th most popular politician (down from 16,922nd in 2024), the 64th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Holness ranks 17,230 out of 19,576. Before him are Pavlo Klimkin, Linas Antanas Linkevičius, Kim Eun-sook, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, Leonard Orban, and Désiré Rakotoarijaona. After him are Frits Goedgedrag, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Patricia Roberts Harris, Erkki Liikanen, Mamuka Bakhtadze, and Jim Webb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Andrew Holness ranks 385. Before him are Jeff Kaplan, Masahiro Ando, Hamdi Ulukaya, Nikolaj Arcel, Colin Ferguson, and Mokhtar Belmokhtar. After him are Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, Nicolas Bro, Željko Rebrača, Giorgio Di Centa, Cristina Branco, and Léa Drucker.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Andrew Holness ranks 64 out of 189. Before him are Alton Ellis (1938), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Arthur Wint (1920), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Coxsone Dodd (1932), and Kenneth O. Hall (1941). After him are Donovan Bailey (1967), Keith Gardner (1929), Mike McCallum (1956), Alexander Bustamante (1884), Herb McKenley (1922), and Bruce Golding (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Jamaica

Among politicians born in Jamaica, Andrew Holness ranks 6. Before him are Stamford Raffles (1781), Norman Manley (1893), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Michael Manley (1924), and Kenneth O. Hall (1941). After him are Alexander Bustamante (1884), Bruce Golding (1947), Hugh Shearer (1923), Howard Cooke (1915), Donald Sangster (1911), and Lisa Hanna (1975).

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