Angela Rosemarie Brown-Burke is a

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n politician with the

People's National Party The People's National Party (PNP) (PNP; ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Jamaica, political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by Norman Manley, Norman Washington Manley who served as party president unti ...

Early life and education

Brown-Burke earned a Doctorate of Education from the

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in Chicago in 2015.

Career

Brown-Burke started her political career as a Corporate Area Councillor of the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation. She was elected a vice-president of the People's National Party in 2006 along with Fenton Ferguson, Derrick Kellier, and

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, beating out Sharon Hay-Webster, Louis Moyston, and Kern Spencer. She moved from local to national politics in January 2012 with her appointment as Deputy President of the

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after

Portia Simpson Miller Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller (born 12 December 1945) is a Jamaican politician who served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2016. She was leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and Leader of the O ...

came to power in the December 2011 general election. After the PNP's victory over the

Jamaica Labour Party The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; ) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in se ...

(JLP) in the March 2012 election, she became mayor of

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. In May 2013, Brown-Burke

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denunciations of

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's ''All Angles'' and CVM TV's ''Direct'' for respectively inviting JLP leader

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and opposition spokesman on finance and planning

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as guests, without including PNP members for balance. She was criticised for her use of the

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"What the F", and apologised for her language and deleted the tweet while defending the views she had expressed. Brown-Burke co-founded Angela's Care Kitchen, which organizes meals for senior citizens.

Personal life

Brown-Burke is married to Paul Burke, a former Region Three Chairman of the PNP who also ran for PNP vice-president in 2004. Brown-Burke moved to the United States in 1986. She naturalised as a United States citizen in 1995, but decided to move back to Jamaica two years later. She renounced U.S. citizenship in January 2012 after she was appointed to the Senate, and received her Certificate of Loss of Nationality one month later.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown-Burke, Angela Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women mayors of places in Jamaica Mayors of Kingston, Jamaica Members of the Senate of Jamaica People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians People who renounced United States citizenship 21st-century Jamaican women politicians 20th-century births Members of the 12th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 13th Parliament of Jamaica Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica