Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica is a senior cabinet-level position in Jamaica.
The deputy prime minister is appointed by the Governor-General of Jamaica on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Jamaica.
Deputy Prime Ministers NamePrime MinisterTook officeLeft officePartyNotes Donald Sangster Alexander Bustamante 11 March 1963 February 1967 JLP Clem Tavares Donald Sangster February 1967 April 1967 JLP Vacant Hugh Shearer April 1967 March 1972 JLP David Coore Michael Manley March 1972 1978 PNP P. J. Patterson Michael Manley 1978 November 1980 PNP Hugh Shearer Edward Seaga November 1980 February 1989 JLP P. J. Patterson Michael Manley February 1989 March 1992 PNP Vacant P. J. Patterson March 1992 April 1993 PNP Seymour Mullings P. J. Patterson April 1993 October 2001 PNP Vacant P. J. Patterson October 2001 March 2006 PNP Vacant Portia Simpson-Miller March 2006 September 2007 PNP Kenneth Baugh Bruce Golding September 2007 October 2011 JLP Kenneth Baugh Andrew Holness October 2011 January 2012 JLP Vacant Portia Simpson-Miller January 2012 March 2016 PNP Vacant Andrew Holness March 2016 September 2020 JLP Horace Chang Andrew Holness September 2020 Incumbent JLP
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See also Prime Minister of Jamaica