Juliet Holness
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
26 September 2023
Preceded byMarisa Dalrymple-Philibert
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
3 March 2016
Preceded byDamion Crawford
ConstituencySt. Andrew East Rural
Personal details
Born
Juliet Landell

July 16, 1971
St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica
Political partyJamaica Labour Party
Spouse
(m. 1997)
Children2

Juliet Holness (née Landell) is the wife of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and a Member of the House of Representatives, representing Saint Andrew East Rural.[1]

Mrs. Holness is also the Speaker of the House of Representatives,[2] real estate developer, accountant and writer. She was born and raised in St. Catherine, Jamaica.

Early life

In 1997 she married Andrew Holness, whom she had met as a student at St. Catherine High School during the 1980s.[3]

Political career

Holness was elected to Parliament in 2016, and was re-elected in 2020.

References

  1. "Jamaica's Prime Minister and wife celebrate 24th wedding anniversary". Jamaica Observer. 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  2. "Juliet Holness elected House Speaker". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  3. Hussey-Whyte, Donna. "The PM's wife". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/The-PM-s-wife Archived 2016-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

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