The Most Honourable Michael Norman Manley, ON, OM, OCC
Prime Minister
The Most Honourable Michael Norman Manley, ON, OM, OCC The Most Honourable Michael Norman Manley, ON, OM, OCC
FOURTH PRIME MINISTER: March 2, 1972 – November 4, 1980, and February 13, 1989 – March 30, 1992
Legacy He has impacted the nation with a greater sense of importance and urgency regarding national identity, and, internationally, he has impacted the ideas of capitalist and socialist leaders with his advocacy of Democratic Socialism
Personality Tall, handsome, forceful and flamboyant, Michael Manley has been undoubtedly Jamaica’s most eloquent, visionary, controversial, and dynamic leader since independence.
Education He studied at Jamaica College (1935-43) and overseas at the London School of Economics (1945-49). There, he came under the influence of Harold Laski, the man more responsible than any other for the training of men who later became Commonwealth Prime Ministers. At the LSE he gained academic honours.
Service Has been a journalist, trade unionist, party president, senator, Cabinet Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Vice president of the Socialist International, and Prime Minister of Jamaica.
Authorship A prolific writer of articles and books. Publications include – The politics of Change (1973), Search for Solutions (1977), JAMAICA: Struggle in the Periphery (1982), Up the Down Escalator (1987), and, A History of West Indies Cricket (1988). Born December 10, 1924
Parents Norman Washington Manley, and wife Edna
Married Jacqueline nee Kemellardski, 1946 Thelma nee Varity, 1955 Barbara nee Lewars, 1968 Beverley nee Anderson, 1972 Glynne nee Jones, 1992
Children Rachel, Sarah, Natasha, Joseph, David
Died March 6, 1997
Age at Death 72-years old