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The Most Honourable
Hugh Lawson Shearer
ON OJ PC
Prime Minister Shearer in the Oval Office, 11 August 1970
3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office
11 April 1967 – 2 March 1972
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor‑GeneralSir Clifford Campbell
Preceded bySir Donald Sangster
Succeeded byMichael Manley
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
In office
1967 – November 1974
Preceded byDonald Sangster
Succeeded byEdward Seaga
Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office
November 1980 – February 1989
Prime MinisterEdward Seaga
Preceded byP. J. Patterson
Succeeded byP. J. Patterson
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
In office
1980–1989
Prime MinisterEdward Seaga
Preceded byP. J. Patterson
Succeeded byDavid Coore
Personal details
Born(1923-05-18)18 May 1923
Martha Brae, Trelawny, British Jamaica
Died15 July 2004(2004-07-15) (aged 81)
Kingston, Jamaica
Political partyJamaica Labour Party
Spouses
  • Lunette Shearer
    (m. 1947; div. 1997)
  • Denise Eldemire
    (m. 1998)
Children5
EducationHoward University School of Law

Hugh Lawson Shearer ON OJ PC (18 May 1923 – 15 July 2004) was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972. He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade from 1980 to 1989, under Edward Seaga.

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