Norman Manley

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Norman Manley

prime minister of Jamaica

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Jamaica
Self-government of Jamaica
Norman Manley, leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), became premier after the elections of July 1959, but in 1960 the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) under Sir Alexander Bustamante pressed for secession from the federation. A referendum in 1961 supported their views. The JLP was…
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Norman Manley, leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), became premier after the elections of July 1959, but in 1960 the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) under Sir Alexander Bustamante pressed for secession from the federation. A referendum in 1961 supported their views. The JLP was…
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Michael Manley
…Swithenbank Manley and national hero Norman Manley, the cofounder of the People’s National Party (PNP) and Jamaica’s chief minister (1955–59) and premier (1959–62). Following service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, he attended the London School of Economics, where he studied with socialist Harold Laski. After…
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…Swithenbank Manley and national hero Norman Manley, the cofounder of the People’s National Party (PNP) and Jamaica’s chief minister (1955–59) and premier (1959–62). Following service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, he attended the London School of Economics, where he studied with socialist Harold Laski. After…
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