Mark Golding
Mark Golding | |
|---|---|
Golding in 2020 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Governor General | Sir Patrick Allen |
| Preceded by | Peter Phillips |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 5 January 2012 – February 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Preceded by | Delroy Chuck |
| Succeeded by | Delroy Chuck |
| President of the People's National Party | |
| Assumed office November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Phillips |
| Member of Parliament for Saint Andrew Southern | |
| Assumed office 7 November 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Omar Davies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Jefferson Golding 19 July 1965 Mona, St Andrew, Jamaica |
| Citizenship | Jamaica |
| Party | People's National Party |
| Spouse | Sandra Golding |
| Relations | Sir John Golding (father) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Campion College |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Occupation | Politician, investment banker |
| Profession | Attorney |
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Mark Jefferson Golding (born 19 July 1965) is a Jamaican politician, who has been Leader of the Opposition of Jamaica and President of the People's National Party (PNP) since 2020.
Previously an attorney-at-law and investment banker, Golding was a member of the Senate of Jamaica from 2007 to 2017 and served as Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2016 in the government of Portia Simpson-Miller. He was elected as Member of Parliament for South St Andrew in a by-election in 2017.
On 7 November 2020, Mark Golding was elected as the 6th president of the PNP after polling 1,740 delegate votes to defeat Lisa Hanna who polled 1,440 in an election that saw 96% voter turnout amongst delegates in the 2020 People's National Party leadership election.