Jamaica
British colony 1655, part of the federation of the West Indies
03.01.1958-31.05.1962, Independent Monarchy in the British Commonwealth
06.08.1962
(Kings/Queen)
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George V (1865-1936) | 06.05.1910-20.01.1936 |
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Edward VIII (1894-1972) | 30.01.1936-11.12.1936 |
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George VI (1895-1952) | 11.12.1936-06.02.1952 |
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Elizabeth II (1926) | 06.02.1952- |
(Governors, since 06.08.1962 Governors general)
| Sir Alexander Ransford Slater (1874-1940) | 21.11.1932-04.1934 | |
| Sir Edward Brandis Denham (1876-1938) | 24.10.1934-02.06.1938 | |
| Sir Arthur Frederick Richards (1885-1978) | 19.08.1938-07.1943 | |
| Sir John Huggins (1891-1971) | 29.09.1943-07.04.1951 | |
| Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot (1907-1990) | 07.04.1951-18.11.1957 | |
| Sir Kenneth Blackburne (1907-1980) | 18.12.1957-30.11.1962 | |
| Sir Clifford Campbell (1892-1991) | 30.11.1962-02.03.1973 | |
| Sir Herbert Duffus (acting) (1908) | 02.03.1973-27.06.1973 | |
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Sir Florizel Glasspole (1909-2000) | 27.06.1973-31.03.1991 |
| Edward Zacca (ad interim) (1931) | 31.03.1991-01.08.1991 | |
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Sir Howard Cooke (1915) | 01.08.1991-15.02.2006 |
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Kenneth Hall (1941) | 15.02.2006-26.02.2009 |
| Patrick Allen (1951) | 26.02.2009- | |
(Prime ministers, until 1959 chief minister)
| Sir (s.1955) William Bustamante (1884-1977) | 05.03.1953-02.02.1955 | |
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Norman Washington Manley (1893-1969) | 02.02.1955-29.04.1962 |
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Sir Alexander Bustamente (1884-1977) | 29.04.1962-22.02.1967 |
| Sir Donald Sangster (1911-1967) | 22.02.1967-11.04.1967 | |
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Hugh Shearer (1923-2004) | 11.04.1967-01.03.1972 |
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Michael Norman Manley (1913-1997) | 02.03.1972-01.11.1980 |
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Edward Seaga (1930) | 01.11.1980-13.02.1989 |
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Michael Norman Manley (2nd time) | 13.02.1989-28.03.1992 |
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Percival J. Patterson (1935) | 30.03.1992-11.09.2007 |
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Bruce Golding (1947) | 11.09.2007- |