National
President of the Senate
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the Senate from among the Senators who are not Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries (Constitution of Jamaica, s 42(1)).
- Chosen by
- Senate
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Tom Tavares-Finson since September 2025 Report Source: jamaicaobserver.com, checked (+1 more)
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Jamaica's Constitution of 1962 with amendments through 2015, read 2026-10-12: ss 27, 42(1), 43(1), 64(2), 65(1), 79(2)-(3) for selection_detail. Fallback: Constitute Project text, because the Jamaican Parliament/MOJ sites did not serve the Constitution (TLS error / no text). For: President of the Senate
- jamaicaobserver.com · checked Jamaica Observer, Family affair: new Senate sworn, read 2026-10-12: Tom Tavares-Finson presides. Fallback: n/a For: President of the Senate
- jamaicaobserver.com · checked Jamaica Observer, "Family affair: new Senate sworn", 19 Sep 2025, read 2026-10-12: new Senate sworn 18 Sep 2025 with Tom Tavares-Finson as President; term counted per Senate (one row per mandate). Previous start 2016-03-10 was his first election. For: Tom Tavares-Finson, current term
- jamaicaobserver.com · checked Jamaica Observer, Family affair: new Senate sworn, read 2026-10-12: President of the Senate. Fallback: n/a For: Tom Tavares-Finson, current term
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