14 Facts About Mark Golding

Mark Jefferson Golding was born on 19 July 1965 and is a Jamaican politician who has been Opposition Leader of Jamaica and President of the People's National Party since November 2020, following the 2020 general election.

Mark Golding was elected as Member of Parliament for South St Andrew in 2017 and is a member of the People's National Party.

Mark Golding is the younger of two children born to Patricia and Sir John Golding.

Mark Golding's mother was born in England, the daughter of a Jamaican doctor from Westmoreland Parish and his Australian wife.

Mark Golding's father was born in England and moved to Jamaica in 1953 where he became a pioneering orthopaedic surgeon and rehabilitation physician.

Mark Golding was admitted to the bar in 1990 and joined the Hart Muirhead Fatta Law firm.

Mark Golding is the chairman of the Mona Rehabilitation Foundation and of Arnett Gardens FC In 2010, Mark Golding co-founded Proven Investment Limited, a publicly listed investment company.

Mark Golding was appointed to the Senate of Jamaica in 2007 by then-prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller, who named him as the Minister of Justice after the PNP electoral victory in the 2011 Jamaican general election.

Mark Golding was named Chairman of the Legislation Committee of Cabinet.

In 2017, Mark Golding was elected to Parliament as the representative for South St Andrew.

Mark Golding won the Presidency of the PNP on November 7,2020, defeating Lisa Hanna.

Mark Golding received praise for the upstanding nature of his campaign.

Mark Golding was a musician throughout his time at Oxford University and was the co-owner of a music label in the late 1990s.

Mark Golding holds citizenship of the United Kingdom in addition to his citizenship of Jamaica, having acquired British citizenship by descent.