List of education ministers of Jamaica

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The following is a list of education ministers of Jamaica since adult suffrage (1944).

Jehoida McPherson (1945–1949)
Joseph Malcolm (1950–1951)
L. L. Simmonds (1951–1953)
Edwin Allen (1953–1955)
Ivan Lloyd (1955–1957)
Florizel Glasspole (1957–1962)
Edwin Allen (1962–1972)
Florizel Glasspole (1972–1973)
Eli Matalon (1973–1974)
Howard Cooke (1974–1977)
Eric Bell (1977–1978)
Phyllis MacPherson-Russell (1978–1980)
Mavis Gilmour (1980–1986)
Neville Gallimore (1986–1989)
Carlyle Dunkley (1989–1992)
Burchell Whiteman (1992–2002)
Maxine Henry-Wilson (2002–2007)
Andrew Holness (2007–2012)
Ronald Thwaites (2012–2016)
Ruel Reid (2016–2019)
Karl Samuda (2019–2020)
Fayval Williams (2020–2024)
Dana Dixon (2024-

References

Troy Caine (August 6, 2017). "Jamaica's political journey to Independence". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
"List of education ministers of Jamaica". Ministry of Education and Youth. Retrieved 2020-09-11.