Edward Seaga

The Right Honourable Edward Seaga ON PC
Seaga in 1983
5th Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office 1 November 1980 – 10 February 1989
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor‑General	Sir Florizel Glasspole
Deputy	Hugh Shearer
Preceded by	Michael Manley
Succeeded by	Michael Manley
Leader of the Opposition
In office 10 February 1989 – 21 January 2005
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Michael Manley P. J. Patterson
Preceded by	Michael Manley
Succeeded by	Bruce Golding
In office 1974 – 1 November 1980
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Michael Manley
Preceded by	Hugh Shearer
Succeeded by	Michael Manley
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
In office November 1974 – 21 January 2005
Preceded by	Hugh Shearer
Succeeded by	Bruce Golding
Personal details
Born	Edward Philip George Seaga (1930-05-28)28 May 1930 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	28 May 2019(2019-05-28) (aged 89) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Citizenship	Jamaica United States (renounced)
Political party	Jamaica Labour Party
Spouses	Marie 'Mitsy' Constantine ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1995)​ Carla Vendryes ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Harvard University (AB)

Edward Philip George Seaga ON (/siˈɑːɡə/ or /-ˈæ-/; 28 May 1930 – 28 May 2019)^[1] was a Jamaican politician and record producer.^[2] He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005.^[3] He served as leader of the opposition from 1974 to 1980, and again from 1989 until January 2005.

His retirement from political life marked the end of Jamaica's founding generation in active politics. He was the last serving politician to have entered public life before independence in 1962, as he was appointed to the Legislative Council (now the Senate) in 1959. Seaga is credited with having built the financial and planning infrastructure of the country after independence, as well as having developed its arts and crafts, and awareness of national heritage.

As a record producer and record company owner of West Indies Records Limited, Seaga also played a major role in the development of the Jamaican music industry. Seaga died on 28 May 2019, on his eighty-ninth birthday.