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Andrew Holness

1972 - Today

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Andrew Michael Holness, (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011. Holness previously served as prime minister from 23 October 2011 to 5 January 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as prime minister and decided to go to the polls in the 29 December 2011 general election in an attempt to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Holness has received more than 1,345,758 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Andrew Holness is the 16,935th most popular politician (down from 16,020th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 65th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Jamaican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Holness ranks 16,935 out of 19,576Before him are Sophie in 't Veld, Pat Brown, Tomomi Inada, Ramil Safarov, Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, and Tetyana Dorovskikh. After him are Alexandru Athanasiu, William Samuel Johnson, Hans van Baalen, Gilles Duceppe, Æthelric of Bernicia, and Arun Jaitley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Andrew Holness ranks 343Before him are Léa Drucker, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Abel Korzeniowski, Johan Walem, Miguel de Icaza, and Anna Belknap. After him are Andreas Goldberger, Darren Shahlavi, Ihor Klymenko, Daniel Elena, Carlos Ponce, and Raimondas Rumšas.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Andrew Holness ranks 63 out of 189Before him are Augustus Pablo (1954), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Alton Ellis (1938), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Herb McKenley (1922), and Millie Small (1947). After him are Coxsone Dodd (1932), Linford Christie (1960), Donovan Bailey (1967), Nesta Carter (1985), John Holt (1947), and Howard Cooke (1915).

Among POLITICIANS In Jamaica

Among politicians born in Jamaica, Andrew Holness ranks 5Before him are Stamford Raffles (1781), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Michael Manley (1924), and Kenneth O. Hall (1941). After him are Howard Cooke (1915), Bruce Golding (1947), Alexander Bustamante (1884), Hugh Shearer (1923), Norman Manley (1893), Donald Sangster (1911), and Lisa Hanna (1975).