Portia Simpson-Miller - Wikipedia
She was the leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and the Leader of the Opposition twice, from 2007 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017. While serving as prime minister, Simpson-Miller retained the positions of Minister of Defence, Development, Information and …
Portia Simpson Miller | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Dec 8, 2024 · Portia Simpson Miller (born December 12, 1945, Wood Hall, St. Catherine parish, Jamaica) is a Jamaican politician who served as the country’s first female prime minister (2006–07; 2012–16). Portia Simpson received her early education at Marlie Hill Primary School and St. Martin’s High School.
The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller (1945 - )
Name: Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller Born: December 12, 1945 Industry: Government, Politics. History was made in Jamaica when on February 26, 2006 Mrs. Simpson-Miller was elected as the first female president of the People’s National Party (PNP) and on March 30, 2006 when she was sworn in as Jamaica’s first female Prime Minister.
Portia Simpson Miller – Jamaica Information Service
Sep 25, 2024 · Mrs. Simpson Miller was the leading architect of Jamaica’s Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development. As Minister of Labour, Welfare and Sport, she presided over the significant expansion of Jamaica’s Overseas Work Programme and under her watch.
Portia Simpson-Miller - Jamaican Museum & Cultural Center
Mar 23, 2024 · In 2006, Portia Simpson Miller achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of Jamaica. Her tenure was marked by a focus on poverty alleviation, education, and healthcare reforms.
Portia Simpson Miller’s historic journey - Jamaica Observer
Mar 18, 2017 · What a journey she has had serving, for over 40 years, as Member of Parliament of St Andrew South Western, a constituency of serious challenges — the type that women politicians...
Portia's journey - I endured it all, says retiring MP
Jun 28, 2017 · Declaring she has "endured it all", including claims she was illiterate, Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica's first female minister, has bid goodbye to representational politics, 43 years after her entrance as a councillor in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation.
Sister P, Mama P, leader extraodinaire and history maker
May 10, 2021 · The name Portia Simpson Miller will forever ring as part of Jamaica's political history. Simpson-Miller is the first female prime minister of Jamaica, when she swept into power in 2006.
Portia Simpson-Miller - New World Encyclopedia
Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of Parliament (December 12, 1945 - ) is a Jamaican politician and was the country's Prime Minister from March 30, 2006 to September 11, 2007 and again from January 5, 2012 to March 3, 2016. She was Jamaica's first female Prime Minister.
No ordinary woman - Simpson Miller lauded as defender of the …
Jun 28, 2017 · In a field of gross under-representation by women, Portia Simpson Miller has not only done outstandingly well in terms of her electoral success, but she has attained the highest office possible, that of prime minister.