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Former conservative Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga dies at 89
Yahoo ^ | May 28, 2019 | David McFadden

Posted on 05/30/2019 4:24:01 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Edward Seaga, a former Jamaican prime minister who shaped the island's post-independence politics and cultural life, died Tuesday at 89.

Seaga's death was announced on Twitter by Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Seaga, Jamaica's prime minister from 1980 until 1989, was the only remaining member of the generation of leaders who drafted the constitution when the Caribbean island gained independence from Britain in 1962.

His political career began in the late 1950s and he won a parliamentary seat in 1962. He was West Kingston's representative for 40 consecutive years and held a parliamentary seat longer than anyone in Jamaica's history.

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KEYWORDS: edwardseaga; jamaica; reagan; seaga

1 posted on 05/30/2019 4:24:01 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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Seaga was hated by black leftists, etc, he was called names for being Ronald Reagan’s best friend in the Caribbean.

https://www.heritage.org/americas/report/the-us-message-jamaicas-seaga-its-time-keep-your-promise

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/obituaries/edward-seaga-dead.html


2 posted on 05/30/2019 4:25:57 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff (I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee-Old Yankee Stadium (1923-2008))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I do believe he was a handsome fella.


3 posted on 05/30/2019 5:39:09 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Yes, he was very handsome.

He was Reagan’s confidante in the Caribbean-—Jesse Jackson, etc. did not approve of that.


4 posted on 05/30/2019 6:10:22 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff (I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee-Old Yankee Stadium (1923-2008))
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