Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams

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Sharon Annette Ffolkes-Abrahams
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
In office
January 5, 2012 – March 3, 2016
Monarch
Member of Parliament
for Saint James West Central
In office
2012–2016
Preceded byClive Mullings
Succeeded byMarlene Malahoo Forte
Personal details
BornKingston, Jamaica
Political partyPeople's National Party
SpousePeter Abrahams
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies

Sharon Annette Ffolkes-Abrahams is a Jamaican

attorney-at-law
and politician who served as member of parliament and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce from 2012 to 2016.

Early life and education

Ffolkes-Abrahams is the daughter of Eugene Ffolkes and Greta Ffolkes.[1] She received her early education at the Immaculate Conception High School in Kingston, Jamaica. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, where she obtained her first degree in law.[2]

Career

Legal career

Ffolkes-Abrahams was called to the

University of Technology in Montego Bay.[6]

Political career

Ffolkes-Abrahams was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2011 from the Saint James West Central constituency, representing the People's National Party.[7][8] She was Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism in the government of prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller from 2012 to 2016.

Personal life

Ffolkes-Abrahams is married to Peter Abrahams. The couple have three children.[1][6]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Jamaica Gleaner
    . Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. Jamaica Gleaner
    ). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  3. ^ "Call to the Bar" (PDF). Law Society of Ontario. April 18, 1985. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  4. ^ "International Speakers" (PDF). Organization of American States. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  5. ^ "Order-in-Council Appointments" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  6. ^ a b "Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams M.P." Jamaica Elections. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  7. Jamaica Gleaner
    ). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  8. ^ "General Election 2011 Results". Jamaica Elections. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
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