Michael Manley Politician

Michael Norman Manley ON OCC (10 December 1924 – 6 March 1997) was a Jamaican politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. Coming from a prosperous background, Manley was a democratic socialist. He is considered one of Jamaica's best Prime Ministers since independence, according to public opinion polls.The second son of Jamaica's Premier Norman Washington Manley and Jamaican artist Edna Manley, Michael Manley was a charismatic figure who became the leader of the Jamaican People's National Party a few months before his father's death in 1969.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 10, 1924
Birth place	Saint Andrew Parish Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaica
Date of death	March 06, 1997
Place of death	Kingston Jamaica
Education	London School of Economics

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Office holder

military operations	World War II
military branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
military rank	Pilot officer
monarch	Elizabeth II
office	Leader of the Opposition
party	People's National Party
service end	1945
service start	1943
successor	Edward Seaga Hugh Shearer P. J. Patterson