Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson is currently the
Minister of Education, Youth & Culture, having been appointed
to this position in October 2002.
She has an impressive record in public administration academically,
practically, in the classroom, in the office, and the field. She
had her secondary education at St. Andrew High for Girls, holds
an undergraduate degree from the University of the West Indies
and graduate degrees from UWI and Rutgars – The State University
of New Jersey.
She has lectured at the University of the West Indies, has been
Minister of state in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, served
as Minister Without Portfolio and Minister of Information in the
Office of the Prime Minister. She has also served as a Government
Senator, specifically, as Leader of Government Business in the
Upper House.
Accompanying this has been her long and successful sojourn as
General Secretary of the People’s National Party. Her dynamic
leadership and management were instrumental in the Party’s
impressive victories in 1997 and 2002.
She is also the Member of Parliament for South Eastern St. Andrew.
Mrs. Henry-Wilson is married with a daughter.
June 2003
