Everything about Donald Sangster totally explained
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| caption = Former Prime Minister Donald Sangster.
| order = 2nd
Prime Minister of Jamaica
| term_start =
February 23,
1967
| term_end =
April 11,
1967
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| deputy =
| predecessor =
Alexander Bustamante
| successor =
Hugh Shearer
| birth_date =
October 26,
1911
| birth_place =
Saint Elizabeth,
Jamaica
| death_date =
April 11,
1967
| death_place =
Montreal,
Canada
| constituency =
| party =
Jamaica Labour Party
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Sir
Donald Burns Sangster (
October 26 1911 -
April 11 1967) was a
Jamaican politician and the second
Prime Minister of Jamaica. He entered politics in
1933 at the age of 21 with his election to a local parish council. In the Parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. In
1944 was elected to the
House of Representatives of Jamaica as a member of the
Jamaica Labour Party becoming Minister of Social Welfare and Labour and, later, Minister of Finance. He became Acting Prime Minister in February
1964 when Prime Minister Sir
Alexander Bustamante became ill. He succeeded Bustamante as Prime Minister on
February 23,
1967 only to die in office on
April 11. His face appears on the Jamaican one hundred dollar banknote. He also has an airport in Jamaica named after him (
Sir Donald Sangster International Airport (MKJS)
Sources
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