Douglas manley

Premier of Jamaica from to

Norman Washington ManleyONHMMQC (4 July – 2 September ) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica. A Rhodes Scholar,^[1] Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the s.^[2] Manley was an advocate of universal suffrage, which was granted by the British colonial government to the colony in ^[3]

Encouraged by Osmond Theodore Fairclough, who had joined forces with the brothers Frank and Ken Hill, Hedley P. Jacobs and others in , he helped to launch the People's National Party which later was affiliated to the Trade Union Congress and even later the National Workers Union. He led the PNP in every election from to ^[3][4] Their efforts resulted in the New Constitution of , granting full adult suffrage.

Manley served as the colony's Chief Minister from to , and as Premier from to ^[2] He was a proponent of self-government but was persuaded to