Background
SHEARER, Hugh was born on May 18, 1923 in Martha Brae, Trelawny.
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Hugh Lawson SHEARER
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Education
Saint Simon’s College.
Career
Minister without Portfolio and Leader of Government Business in the Senate 1962-1967. Deputy Leader Jamaica Labour Party 1967-1974. Jamaican delegation to United Nations 1962-1972.
Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Minister of External Affairs 1967-1972.
Leader of the Opposition 1972-1974. Member of Parliament for South-East Clarendon.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1980-1989, Minister of Foreign Trade 1980-1986, of Industry 1986-1989. Island Supervisor, Bustamante Industrial Trade Union 1953, Vice-President 1960-1979, President since 1979.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Howard University).
Membership
Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation 1947-1951. House of Representatives 1955-1959. Legislative. Council (now Senate) 1961-1966.
