Wykeham McNeill was the Minister of Tourism of Jamaica from 2012 to 2016.
15 Facts About Wykeham McNeill
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Wykeham McNeill is a physician by profession, having graduated from Medical school at The University of Havana, Cuba in 1983.
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Wykeham McNeill has served in various hospitals in Jamaica including St Anns Bay, Spanish Town, Kingston Public Hospitals and the University of the West Indies.
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Wykeham McNeill later went on to private practice at the Eureka Medical Center.
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An avid lover of sports, Wykeham McNeill served as a member of the Boxing Board of Control from 1994 to 1997 and chaired the Amateur Development and the Medical Committees of the board.
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Wykeham McNeill is the founding chairman of the Sports Development Foundation, which he headed from 1995 to 2000.
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Wykeham McNeill is a co-founder of the Clinic of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy.
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Wykeham McNeill has worked with a number of national teams including the Reggae Boyz and in 1996, traveled as a member of the medical team to the Olympic Games in Athens.
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Wykeham McNeill was first elected in 1997 and then re-elected in 2002, being the first Member of Parliament in the history of this constituency to do so.
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In 2007 when Portia Simpson-Miller was appointed prime minister, Wykeham McNeill was again appointed the Minister of State and continued in the post until the party faced by the Jamaica Labour Party in 2007.
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Wykeham McNeill was then appointed the Spokesman of the Tourism Sector in Jamaica, who was part of the shadow Cabinet while in opposition.
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Wykeham McNeill is the former chairman of The Public Administration and Appropriations Committee He was former chairman of region 6 for the People's National Party but later resigned from the post in his bid to seek Vice Presidency of the party.
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Wykeham McNeill has held the constituency of Western Westmoreland, Jamaica since his first bid for Parliament.
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Wykeham McNeill won his seat of Western Westmoreland in what was considered to be a landslide victory for himself while his party, the PNP garnered a landslide victory winning 42 of the 63 Parliamentary seats.
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Wykeham McNeill began discussions with senior officials in the Ministry of Tourism and several of its key agencies to prepare for future initiatives under the new government.