Prime Minister of Jamaica | |
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since 3 March 2016 | |
Style | The Most Honourable |
Member of | Cabinet |
Residence | Vale Royal (Jamaica) |
Appointer | Governor-General |
Term length | no term limits 5 years |
Formation | 6 August 1962 Jamaica |
Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
Salary | J$9,160,000 annually[1] |
Website | www.opm.jm |
Jamaica portal |
The prime minister of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Praim Minista a Jumieka) is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness. Holness, as leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was sworn in as prime minister on 7 September 2020, having been re-elected as a result of the JLP's landslide victory in the 2020 Jamaican general election.[2]
The prime minister is formally appointed into office by the governor general, who represents King Charles III.