On Monday evening, May 22, 2023, Prime Minister Andrew Holness revealed the new composition of his Cabinet. But the reshuffle he promised the Jamaica people never happened. The PM thumbed his nose at the people and kept the under-performers they begged him to remove.
The non-significant changes include Floyd Green getting reinstated as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining. At the same time, Pearnel Charles Jr replaces the soon-to-retire Karl Samuda as Minister of Labour and Social Security.
The Ministry of Transport and Mining, which Audley Shaw previously led, has been incorporated into Daryl Vaz’s Science, Energy, Telecommunications, and Transport portfolio.
Here is the complete makeup of the Cabinet:
Prime Minister: Andrew Holness
Office of the Prime Minister:
Robert Nesta Morgan, Minister without Portfolio
Senator Dr. Dana Morris Dixon – Minister without Portfolio
Homer Davis – Minister of State
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation: Andrew Holness
C. Everald Warmington – Minister without Portfolio Matthew Samuda – Minister without Portfolio
Ministry of National Security:
Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Horace Chang,
Juliet Cuthbert- Flynn – Minister of State
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining:
Floyd Green
Franklin Witter – Minister of State
Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport: Olivia Grange
Ministry of Education and Youth:
Fayval Williams
Marsha Smith – Minister of State
Ministry of Finance and the Public Service:
Dr. Nigel Clarke
Zavia Mayne – Minister of State
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade: Senator Kamina Johnson Smith
Alando Terrelonge – Minister of State
Ministry of Health and Wellness:
Dr. Christopher Tufton
Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce: Senator Aubyn Hill
Ministry of Justice:
Delroy Chuck
Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs:
Marlene Malahoo Forte
Ministry of Local Government and Community Development:
Desmond McKenzie
Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport:
Daryl Vaz
William J.C. Hutchinson – Minister of State
Ministry of Tourism:
Edmund Bartlett
Ministry of Labour and Social Security:
Pearnel Charles Jr
Norman Dunn – Minister of State