Sir William Alexander Clark Bustamante ( Eng. William Alexander Clarke Bustamante , February 24, 1884 - August 6, 1977 ) - Chief Minister in 1953 - 1955 , Prime Minister in 1962 - 1967 and national hero of Jamaica . At birth, he was given the name William Alexander Clark . Father - Irish Catholic, mother - of mixed blood, on one of the lines came from the Arawak tribe of Taino . The pseudonym Bustamante is taken in honor of the Spanish captain, who helped Clark in his young years.
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||
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| Successor | Norman manley | ||||||
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||
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| Successor | Donald Sangster | ||||||
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| Successor | Hugh Shearer | ||||||
| Birth | February 24, 1884 Hanover, Jamaica | ||||||
| Death | August 6, 1977 (93 years) Irish Town St. Andrew, Jamaica | ||||||
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| Spouse | Gladys Longbridge | ||||||
| The consignment | Jamaican Workers Party | ||||||
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Biography
He graduated from the Royal Academy in Madrid . At 21, he emigrated to Cuba , where he worked as a policeman. In 1934 he returned to Jamaica and engaged in usury and buying real estate. In 1938 , a wave of riots and strikes swept across the country, Bustamante actively supported reform, was arrested twice, and was in prison. He organized a trade union of industrial workers named after him (Bustamante Production Union - PSB). Despite the fact that its leader was detained from September 1940 to February 1942 , by 1944 the PSB had 37,000 members and achieved a revision of labor legislation.
PSB was successful thanks to Bustamante's cousin, Norman Manley, who organized in 1938 a moderate socialist party ( People's National Party - NNP). In 1943, Bustamante created the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), which included many members of the PSB. Manly organized the NNP-based Jamaica Trade Union Congress as a counterweight. Soon, Bustamante became the leading political leader of the Labor Party and one of the most influential people on the island, often resorting to the persecution of political opponents and the Rastafarian community. In the 1944 election, LPJ won 22 seats in parliament, compared to 5 received by the NNP. In 1949, the NNP won 13 seats (LPJ - 17); in 1955 and 1959 the NNP received more votes than the PLN. But because of dissatisfaction with the West Indies Federation, of which Jamaica became a member in 1958 , voters turned to the Bustamante party.
Manley announced a referendum, following which Jamaica resigned from the West Indies Federation in 1962 . In the same year, after a referendum, the Bustamante party won the election, and Bustamante became Prime Minister. On August 6, 1962, Jamaica became the dominion of the Commonwealth, joined the IMF in 1963, and parliament began to work in the country in 1966 . In 1969, Jamaica joined the Organization of American States (OAS). Bustamante resigned in 1967 , shortly before the election.
Bustamante died in Irish Town St. Andrew (Jamaica) on August 6, 1977 .