Saluting our Women – Jamaica PM Portia Simpson-Miller

The Most Honourable Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller O.N., M.P. first became Jamaica’s seventh Prime Minister in March 2006 and was conferred with the Order of the Nation in May 2006.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller’s ascension to Jamaica’s highest political office, came after having served for 17 years as a Cabinet Minister with portfolio responsibility for Labour, Social Security and Sport; Tourism, Entertainment and Sport; and Local Government, Community Development and Sport.  Mrs. Simpson Miller has also had portfolio responsibilities for Women’s Affairs,

In December 2011, the Portia Simpson Miller-led People’s National Party was returned to government following a resounding victory in the General Elections.  On January 5, 2012, Mrs. Simpson Miller was sworn in as Prime Minister of Jamaica for the second time.  As Prime Minister, she currently has Ministerial oversight of Information, Development, Sport, Women’s Affairs and Defence.

Mrs. Simpson Miller has a distinguished record of service at the regional and international levels.  The Public Administrator is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, which is an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize on women’s issues.

In 2011 Prime Minister Simpson Miller was appointed by the United Nations Secretary General, to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).  She also chairs the CARICOM Committee on External Trade.

Read more about the Jamaican Prime Minister at http://opm.gov.jm/the-administration/the-prime-minister/