biography
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Bustamante, Sir (William) Alexander
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originally William Alexander Clarke
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pronunciation:
[bustamentay]
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| lived:
| (1884–1977)
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| biography:
| Jamaican politician and prime minister (1962–7), born near Kingston. He was adopted at the age of 15 by a Spanish seaman, and spent an adventurous youth abroad before returning to become a trade union leader (1932). In 1943 he founded the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as the political wing of his union, and in 1962, when Jamaica achieved independence, became its first prime minister. He was knighted in 1955. |
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