Dorothy Lightbourne was the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Jamaica

Attorney General of Jamaica

Attorney General of Jamaica is the chief law officer in Jamaica.Section 79 of the Constitution of Jamaica states that "there shall be an Attorney General who shall be the principal legal adviser to the Government of Jamaica" and pursuant to the Crown Proceedings Act all civil proceedings by or...

 from September 2007 to July 2011 when she was removed by Prime Minister Bruce Golding

Bruce Golding

Orette Bruce Golding MP served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from 11 September 2007 to 23 October 2011. He is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party.-Biography:...

 and replaced by Delroy Chuck

Delroy Chuck

Delroy Chuck is a Jamaican lawyer, journalist and politician. He is the current Minister of Justice, having served as speaker in the House of Representatives from September 27, 2007 to July 2011. In 1995 Delroy Chuck joined the Jamaica Labour Party. He has represented North-east St...

 as Minister of Justice and by Ransford Braham as Attorney General. She also served as the Leader of Government Business or Majority Leader of the Senate from September 2007 to July 2011.

She was born in Aeolus Valley

Aeolus Valley

Aeolus Valley is a village in the Yallahs district of the Jamaican parish of Saint Thomas. Although there has been a recent wave of violence and murders, residents still say that "valley a nice place".-Prominent people from Aeolus Valley:...

, St Thomas

Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica

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, and raised as an Anglican

Church of England

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. She attended Addey and Stanhope School

Addey and Stanhope School

Addey and Stanhope School is a voluntary-aided, co-educational secondary school, located in Lewisham, London, UK. A former grammar school, with origins dating to 1606, Addey and Stanhope became a specialist science and technology school in 2006. The school is also part of the Crossways Federation,...

 and Hull University. She is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party

Jamaica Labour Party

The Jamaica Labour Party is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party. Despite its name, the JLP is a centre-right, conservative party.-Background:...

. She was a Senator 1984-89 and was Deputy President of the Senate

Senator Lightbourn has come under many criticisms in light of her handling of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

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/Christopher 'Dudus' Coke

Christopher Coke

Michael Christopher Coke , also known as Dudus, is a Jamaican drug lord and the leader of the Shower Posse gang. He is the son of drug lord Lester Lloyd Coke...

 extradition scandal. She has also come under a lot of public criticism for allegedly lying in the Commission of Enquiry as it relates to the Mannat/Dudus scandal and her rocky relationship with Senator K.D. Knight

External links

• Profile of Cabinet Ministers accessed 26 December 2008