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Bruce Golding

Jamaican politician
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Bruce Golding is a Jamaican politician who served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from 2007 to 2011. His administration coincided with an international economic recession, leading the government to enter a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). During his tenure, the government also divested struggling state-owned sugar estates and sold Air Jamaica. A significant political controversy arose in 2010 concerning Golding's handling of a U.S. extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, a powerful figure in Golding's constituency, which led to violence in Kingston and Golding's subsequent resignation.1

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  1. Jamaica - The independent country
  2. Portia Simpson Miller

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