Angela Brown-Burke
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Angela Brown-Burke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Jamaican Parliament for Saint Andrew South Western | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Mayor of Kingston | |
| In office 2012–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angela Rosemarie Brown |
| Party | People's National Party |
| Spouse | Paul Burke |
Angela Rosemarie Brown-Burke is a Jamaican politician with the People's National Party.[1]
Brown-Burke earned a Doctorate of Education from the National-Louis University in Chicago in 2015.[2]
Career
Brown-Burke started her political career as a Corporate Area Councillor of the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation. She was elected a vice-president of the People's National Party in 2006 along with Fenton Ferguson, Derrick Kellier, and Peter Phillips, beating out Sharon Hay-Webster, Louis Moyston, and Kern Spencer.[3]
She moved from local to national politics in January 2012 with her appointment as Deputy President of the Senate of Jamaica after Portia Simpson Miller came to power in the December 2011 general election.[4]
After the PNP's victory over the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the March 2012 election, she became mayor of Kingston.[5]
In May 2013, Brown-Burke tweeted denunciations of Television Jamaica's All Angles and CVM TV's Direct for respectively inviting JLP leader Andrew Holness and opposition spokesman on finance and planning Audley Shaw as guests, without including PNP members for balance.[6] She was criticised for her use of the minced oath "What the F", and apologised for her language and deleted the tweet while defending the views she had expressed.[7]
Brown-Burke co-founded Angela's Care Kitchen, which organizes meals for senior citizens.
