Michael Manley
Politician
1924 – 1997
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Who was Michael Manley?
Michael Norman Manley ON OCC was a Jamaican politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. Coming from a prosperous background, Manley was a democratic socialist. He is considered one of Jamaica's best Prime Ministers since independence, according to public opinion polls.
The second son of Jamaica's Premier Norman Washington Manley and Jamaican artist Edna Manley, Michael Manley was a charismatic figure who became the leader of the Jamaican People's National Party a few months before his father's death in 1969.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1924
Saint Andrew Parish - Parents
- Spouses
- Glynne Ewart
(1992 - ) - Thelma Verity
(1955 - 1960) - Barbara Lewars
(1966 - 1968) - Jacqueline Kamellard
(1946 - 1951) - Beverley Anderson
(1972 - 1990)
- Glynne Ewart
- Children
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Jamaica College
- Died
- Mar 6, 1997
Kingston
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on July 23, 2013
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