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Percival Noel James Patterson, ON, OCC, KC (born 10 April 1935), popularly known as P.J. Patterson, is a Jamaican former politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. He served in office for 14 years, making him the longest-serving prime minister in Jamaica's history. He was the leader of the People's National ...
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Percival James Patterson was born in 1935. His parents Henry Patterson, a farmer and Ina James, a primary school teacher were both from the parish of Hanover. He was educated at Somerton Primary School, St. James and won a Purscell Trust Scholarship to Calabar High School, from which he graduated in 1953. From there he went on to the University ...
Apr 8, 2023 · In recognition of P J Patterson’s 88th birthday on April 10, his transformational innings to better the lot of our people must be celebrated by Jamaicans of goodwill everywhere. At the centre of ...
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May 14, 2018 · P. J. Patterson 1935 –. Prime minister of Jamaica. Studied Law in Britain. Became Prime Minister. Condemned Electoral Violence. Sources. A successful leader in a troubled Caribbean country with a tradition of white political leadership, P. J. Patterson is the first prime minister of Jamaica to have been born of two black parents.
Patterson, Percival James "P. J." April 10, 1935. Percival James "P. J." Patterson, the prime minister of Jamaica, was born in Dias, Hanover, Jamaica. He was educated at Calabar High School in Kingston; graduated from the University of the West Indies, where he earned a B.A. in English, in 1958; and received his law degree from the London School of Economics in 1963.
Dec 4, 2018 · Published: Monday | December 3, 2018 | 12:00 AM. M y Political Journey: Jamaica's Sixth Prime Minister is P.J. Patterson's account of his time as an active and successful participant in the political and social development of Jamaica and the Caribbean from the mid-1950s well into the early 2000s. He was widely regarded as a master political ...
Dec 14, 2018 · P.J. Patterson, ON, OCC, PC, QC, was Jamaica's sixth and longest-serving prime minister - 1992 to 2006. His book, My Political Journey: Jamaica's Sixth Prime Minister, which was published by The University of the West Indies Press, was launched on Wednesday. The Gleaner has been publishing excerpts this month. Here is the final part.
