Researching Andrew Holness
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 515 people with the Holness surname? In that year Holness was ranked number 3064 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Andrew means "Manly" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Andrew Holness on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Andrew Holness and the Holness Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1200 people with the Holness surname in the UK? Holness is now ranked number 2932 for popularity in the UK. |
Holness Genealogy Databases
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Holness Forums
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Some Famous People called Andrew Holness
Andrew Holness
Andrew Michael Holness, (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican general election. Holness previously served as prime minister from October 2011 to 5 January 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as prime minister, and decided to go to the polls in the 29 December 2011 general election in an attempt to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. He failed in that bid, however, losing to the People's National Party led by Portia Simpson-Miller, with the PNP gaining 42 seats to the Jamaica Labour Party's 21. Following that defeat, Holness served as Leader of the Opposition from January 2012 to March 2016, when he once again assumed the position of prime minister. In 2020, The Labour Party won a landslide in another general election, and on 7 September Holness was sworn in for another term as prime minister.
Holness is the youngest person to have been elected and reelected prime minister in Jamaica's history. He is also the first prime minister to have been born after Jamaica gained independence in 1962.
Source: Andrew Holness, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Holness
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