Orette Bruce Golding (born 5 December 1947) is Prime Minister of Jamaica and leader of the Jamaica Labour Party. Golding became prime minister following his party's slim victory in the 2007 Jamaican general election held on September 3 and former Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller's concession of defeat two days later. He was sworn in by the Governor-General of Jamaica on September 11, 2007. Golding is the nation's eighth prime minister since independence.
Golding was the founder of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He was formerly the chairman of the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) before he and others felt the need to split and form the new NDM in 1995. In 2002, he rejoined the JLP and in November 2003 was again elected chairman of the Party.
He was elected leader of the JLP, and also the leader of the opposition, on February 20, 2005, succeeding former leader Edward Seaga. Golding is a second-generation member of the JLP. His father, Tacius Golding, served as a member of parliament, and Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 1960s.
He is married to Lorna Golding and has three children, Steven, Sherene and Ann-Merita.

Orette Bruce Golding est une personnalité politique jamaïcaine née le 5 décembre 1947 à Chapelton dans la paroisse de Clarendon. Golding est président du Jamaica Labour Party et premier ministre de la Jamaïque depuis le 11 septembre 2007.
Après les législatives du 3 septembre 2007, le JLP détient la majorité des sièges de l'assemblée jamaïcaine (33 sur 60). Le 11, Golding prête serment devant le gouverneur général de Jamaïque et devient le huitième premier ministre de l'île, en remplacement de Portia Simpson-Miller.

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