Hugh Shearer

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The Most Honourable Hugh Lawson Shearer ON OJ PC
Prime Minister Shearer in the Oval Office, 11 August 1970
3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office 11 April 1967 – 2 March 1972
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor‑General	Sir Clifford Campbell
Preceded by	Sir Donald Sangster
Succeeded by	Michael Manley
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
In office 1967 – November 1974
Preceded by	Donald Sangster
Succeeded by	Edward Seaga
Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office November 1980 – February 1989
Prime Minister	Edward Seaga
Preceded by	P. J. Patterson
Succeeded by	P. J. Patterson
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
In office 1980–1989
Prime Minister	Edward Seaga
Preceded by	P. J. Patterson
Succeeded by	David Coore
Personal details
Born	(1923-05-18)18 May 1923 Martha Brae, Trelawny, British Jamaica
Died	15 July 2004(2004-07-15) (aged 81) Kingston, Jamaica
Political party	Jamaica Labour Party
Spouses	Lunette Shearer ​ ​ (m. 1947; div. 1997)​ Denise Eldemire ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	5
Education	Howard University School of Law

Hugh Lawson Shearer ON OJ PC (18 May 1923 – 15 July 2004) was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972. He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade from 1980 to 1989, under Edward Seaga.