Former government minister Hugh Hart has died
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Former government minister and attorney-at-Law Hugh Hart has died.
Hart served as a member of the Jamaican Senate between 1980 and 1993, as Minister of Mining and Energy between 1983 and 1989, and as Minister of Tourism between 1984 and 1989.
Commenting on his death Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness said "Jamaica has lost as a committed servant of the people".
He noted that Hart gave decades of distinguished service to Jamaica, both in public life and in the legal profession.
Holness said Hart's contributions as a member of the Senate, as Minister of Mining and Energy, and as Minister of Tourism helped to shape important areas of national development.
He also brought strong leadership to several key institutions, supporting growth and stability across critical sectors of our economy, Holness said.
Hart was a director and former Chairman of Jamaica Flour Mills Limited; a former Chairman of Carreras Group Limited, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, the Bauxite & Alumina Trading Company Limited and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica.
Holness noted that, as an attorney, Hart was widely respected for his work in commercial law and his guidance in matters of taxation, real estate, and corporate restructuring. Hart was a founding partner of the law firm Hart Muirhead Fatta.
"His impact extended beyond the courtroom, influencing policy and governance in meaningful ways," Holness said.
Hugh Hart was born on December 26, 1929, in St Andrew, Jamaica, the son of Clinton Hart and Eily deCordova-Hart. He entered Munro College in 1940, then later attended The Queens College, Oxford, where he obtained his Masters in Law. He was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, England, in 1953, and admitted as a solicitor in Jamaica in 1956.
In 2011, he was awarded the Order of Jamaica for service to the bauxite and alumina industry and the legal profession.
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