Government Ministries in Jamaica

*All phone numbers areacode (876)

Office of the Prime Minister
Jamaica House, Kingston 6
Tel: 927-9941-3/9639/8926/0889/4131-3; Fax: 929-0005

Western Division
C/o Jamaica Tourist Board Complex
Gloucester Avenue, Montego Bay, St. James
Tel: Toll Free 1-888-979-0044
Prime Minister: The Rt. Hon. P. J. Patterson, P.C., Q.C., M.P.
Minister of State: Hon. Derrick Kellier (Minister of Special Projects)
Minister Without Portfolio: Sen. The Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson
Minister of Special Programmes: Sen. The Hon. Arnold Bertram
Permanent Secretary: Mrs. Charmaine Constantine.

Cabinet Office
1 Devon Road, Kingston 6
Tel: 927-9941-3; Fax: 929-8459
Cabinet Secretary: Hon. Dr. Carlton Davis.

Ministry of Tourism
64 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5
Tel: 920-4956; Fax: 920-4944
Minister: Hon. Francis Tulloch.

Ministry of Finance & Planning
30 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4.
Tel: 922-8600-15; Fax: 922-8804/924-9291
Minister: Hon. Dr. Omar Davies
Ministers of State: Hon. Errol Ennis, Hon. Donald Buchanan C.D.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
21 Dominica Drive, Kingston 5
Tel: 926-4220-8; Fax: 929-6733
e-mail: mfaftjam@toj.com or libraryja@toj.com
Minister: Hon. Seymour Mullings
Minister of State: Mr. Anthony Hylton

Ministry of Industry & Investments
36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10
Tel: 929-8990-9; Fax: 929-8196
Minister: Hon. Dr. Paul Robertson
Permanent Secretary: Mr. Ransford Smith.

Ministry of Transportation & Works
36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10
Tel: 929-8990-9; Fax: 929-8196
Minister: Hon. Peter Phillips
Minister of State: Hon. Dean Peart

Ministry of Labour, Social Security & Sport
14 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4
Tel: 922-8000; Fax: 922-6902
or 1F North Street, Kingston
Tel: 922-9500/967-1900; Fax: 922-6902
Minister: Hon. Portia Simpson
Minister of State: Hon. Horace Dalley

Ministry of Environment & Housing
2 Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10
Tel: 926-1590/926-7008; Fax: 926-2591
Minister: Hon. Easton Douglas

Ministry of National Security & Justice
12 Ocean Boulevard, Kingston
Tel: 922-0080-9; Fax: 922-5236/6028
Minister: Hon. K. D. Knight
Minister of State: Hon. Benjamin Clarke

Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture
2 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4
Tel: 922-1400-9; Fax: 967-1837
Minister: Hon Burchell Whiteman
Minister of State: Hon. Phyllis Mitchell

Ministry of Local Government &Community Development
140 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 10
Tel: 926-3210-9; Fax: 960-0725
Minister: Hon. Arnold Bertram
Minister of State: Hon. Colin Campbell

Ministry of Mining & Energy
36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10
Tel: 926-9170-9; Fax: 929-6005
Minister: Hon. Robert Pickersgill
Ministers of State: Hon. Colin Campbell, Hon. Rudyard Lawson

Ministry of Agriculture
Hope Gardens, Kingston 6
Tel: 927-1731-45; Fax: 927-1904
Minister: Hon. Roger Clarke

Ministry of Commerce & Technology
36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 5
Minister: Hon. Phillip Paulwell

Ministry of Water
TO BE ADVISED
Minister: Hon. Karl Blythe

Ministry of Health
10 Caledonia Avenue, Kingston 5
Tel: 926-9220-9: Fax: 926-9234
Minister: Hon. John Junor

ADDITIONAL FACTS TO NOTE:

Deputy Prime Minister: Hon. Seymour Mullings

Speaker of the House: Mr. Carl Marshall

Clerk to the House : Mrs. Shirley Lewis

Deputy Speaker of the House: Mrs. Violet Neilson

Leader of the House: Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips

Deputy Leader of the House: Hon. Terrence Gillette

President of the Senate: Sen. Syringa Marshall-Burnett

Leader of Government Business in the Senate: Sen.The Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson.

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