Delroy Chuck
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Andrew Holness
Delroy Chuck | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Mark Golding |
| In office July 2011 – 5 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Bruce Golding Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Dorothy Lightbourne |
| Succeeded by | Mark Golding |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 27 September 2007 – 13 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Bruce Golding Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Michael Peart |
| Succeeded by | Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert |
| Member of Parliament for Saint Andrew North Eastern | |
| Assumed office 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 2, 1950 |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
Delroy Hawmin Chuck KC born (2 December 1950) is a Jamaican lawyer, journalist and politician. He is currently (2016) the member of parliament for the constituency of Saint Andrew North Eastern and the Minister of Justice. Chuck previously served as the Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2012 and as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. He joined the Jamaica Labour Party in 1995 and first contested St. Andrew North Eastern seat in 1997, an election in which he was victorious. He has held his seat ever since and won his fifth term in Parliament in 2016.
Delroy Chuck is of Chinese ancestry,[1] Delroy Chuck's birthplace is Christiana in the parish of Manchester, but he grew up in Clarendon.
