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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
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor‑General
Sir Clifford Campbell
Preceded by
Sir Donald Sangster
Succeeded by
Michael Manley
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
In office 1967 – November 1974
Preceded by
Donald Sangster
Succeeded by
Edward Seaga
Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office November 1980 – February 1989
Prime Minister
Edward Seaga
Preceded by
P. J. Patterson
Succeeded by
P. J. Patterson
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
In office 1980–1989
Prime Minister
Edward Seaga
Preceded by
P. J. Patterson
Succeeded by
David Coore
Personal details
Born
(1923-05-18)18 May 1923 Martha Brae, Trelawny, British Jamaica
Died
15 July 2004(2004-07-15) (aged 81) Kingston, Jamaica
Political party
Jamaica Labour Party
Spouses
Lunette Shearer
(m. 1947; div. 1997)
Denise Eldemire
(m. 1998)
Children
5
Education
Howard University School of Law
Hugh Lawson ShearerON 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.
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...
four years later, Seaga was a part of the Cabinet of prime minister HughShearer that banned Walter Rodney from Jamaica for allegedly stirring up racial...
general election, Manley defeated the unpopular incumbent Prime Minister, HughShearer of the Jamaica Labour Party, as his People's National Party swept to...
come out on top in the first ballot, with Shearer and Robert Lightbourne being the other candidates. Under Shearer, the JLP lost power in independent Jamaica...
Look up shearer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A shearer is someone who shears, such as a cloth shearer, or a sheep shearer. Origins of the name include...
Campbell Deputy Clem Tavares Preceded by Alexander Bustamante Succeeded by HughShearer Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica In office 11 March 1963 – February 1967...
February 1967 by Donald Sangster, who in the same year died in office. HughShearer, a protégé of Bustamante, succeeded Sangster and served from 1967 to...
- Jamaica's sixth Prime Minister". CNW Network. "The Most Honourable HughShearer". Jamaica Land We Love. "Archive". www.latinnews.com. Munroe, Trevor;...
Sangster (1911–1967) 23 February 1967 11 April 1967 † 47 days JLP 1967 3 HughShearer (1923–2004) 11 April 1967 2 March 1972 4 years, 326 days JLP — 4 Michael...
Catholic planter, in Blenheim, Hanover. His grandmother, Elsie Clarke-Shearer, was also the grandmother of Norman Washington Manley. William said that...
married and had four children. His daughter Denise Eldemire-Shearer was married to HughShearer, who was Prime Minister from 1967 to 1972. He died at his...
ministers of Jamaica Alexander Bustamante† Norman Manley†‡ Donald Sangster HughShearer Michael Manley Edward Seaga P. J. Patterson Portia Simpson-Miller Bruce...
in October 1968. The riots were sparked by the Jamaican government of HughShearer banning Guyanese university lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from returning...
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (/ˈlɒri/; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work...
gained independence from the British Empire in 1962, and Prime Minister HughShearer was black, many cabinet ministers (such as Edward Seaga) and business...
original country. After leaders of both Jamaican political parties, HughShearer and Michael Manley, each paid visits to the community in September 1969...
minister in successive JLP administrations led by Sir Donald Sangster and HughShearer. He was succeeded in this position by the PNP's Sir Florizel Glaspole...
Manley Norman Manley George William Gordon Edna Manley Donald Sangster HughShearer Ranny Williams Paul Bogle Samuel Sharpe Lady Bustamante Herb McKenley...
Ann Shearer, was the daughter of a mixed-race woman (Mrs. Ann Margaret Clarke, née Taylor, a widow) and her Irish second husband, Alexander Shearer, a...
(who died of natural causes within two months of taking office) and HughShearer. The growth was fuelled by high levels of private investment in bauxite/alumina...
ministers of Jamaica Alexander Bustamante† Norman Manley†‡ Donald Sangster HughShearer Michael Manley Edward Seaga P. J. Patterson Portia Simpson-Miller Bruce...
in Kingston, Jamaica, were inspired when the Jamaican government of HughShearer banned Guyanese university lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from returning...
February 1967 2 Donald Sangster 1911–1967 23 February 1967 11 April 1967 3 HughShearer 1923–2004 11 April 1967 2 March 1972 4 Michael Manley 1924–1997 2 March...
On 15 October 1968, the government of Jamaica, led by prime minister HughShearer, declared Rodney persona non grata. The decision to ban him from ever...