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Norman Washington Manley

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Norman Washington Manley 1893-1969, prime minister of Jamaica (1959-62); father of Michael Manley . Of Irish and African descent, he was educated at Oxford and became an internationally known lawyer. He founded the moderately socialist People's National party in 1938, and, with his cousin, Alexander Bustamante, dominated Jamaican politics for several decades. He served as chief minister of Jamaica (1955-59) before being designated prime minister. He pushed land reform and encouraged economic growth, especially in the bauxite and tourist industries. He was the architect of the short-lived West Indies Federation (1958-62; see under West Indies ).

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