Peter Bunting | |
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Minister of National Security | |
In office 5 January 2012 – February 2016 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Patrick Allen |
Preceded by | Dwight Nelson |
Succeeded by | Robert Montague |
Member of Parliament for Manchester Central | |
Assumed office 11 September 2007 – 3 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | John Junor |
Succeeded by | Rhoda Moy-Crawford |
Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern | |
In office 30 March 1993 – 18 December 1998 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Shearer |
Succeeded by | Basil Burrell |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Murcott Bunting 7 September 1960 Clarendon, Jamaica |
Political party | People's National Party |
Alma mater | McGill University University of Florida |
Peter Murcott Bunting, MP (born 7 September 1960) was the fifth National Security Minister of Jamaica[1] (Jan 2012 - Feb 2016) and the Former Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Central Manchester. Bunting was the General Secretary of the People's National Party, a position which he has held from January 2008 to January 2014.[citation needed] In the 2020 People's National Party leadership election, Bunting was the lead contender in the polls before the PNP's stunning [2] defeat in the 2020 Jamaican general election, in which he lost his Manchester Central seat in Jamaica's parliament.