Fayval Williams
Fayval Williams | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance and the Public Service | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nigel A. L. Clarke |
| Minister of Education, Youth and Information | |
| In office 13 September 2020 – 30 October 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Karl Samuda |
| Succeeded by | Dana Morris Dixon |
| Member of Parliament for Saint Andrew Eastern | |
| Assumed office 16 February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Andre Hylton |
| Minister of Science, Energy and Technology | |
| In office 14 February 2019 – 12 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Holness |
| Succeeded by | Daryl Vaz |
| Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service | |
| In office 27 March 2018 – 13 February 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Minister | Nigel A. L. Clarke |
| Preceded by | Horace Dalley |
| State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service | |
| In office 7 March 2016 – 26 March 2018 | |
| Minister | Audley Shaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 28, 1958 St Catherine |
| Nationality | Jamaica |
| Political party | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Spouse | Leo Williams |
| Alma mater | |
Fayval Shirley Williams (born 28 May 1958) is a Jamaican politician who is the Minister of Finance and the Public Service and the Member of Parliament for the St Andrew Eastern constituency. Williams has held multiple ministerial positions, including Minister of Education and Youth, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. She is the first female to be a minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, and also the first female Minister of Science, Energy and Technology. In June 2014, Fayval Williams was named as a member of the Jamaica Labour Party's Economic Advisory Council.
In the September 3, 2020 General Elections Williams was re-elected to the House of Representatives as the member of parliament for St Andrew Eastern. She was sworn in at a ceremony held at the Jamaica Conference Centre on 15 September 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Williams was first elected as Member of Parliament in the 2016 general election when she polled 7,143 votes to become the first female Member of Parliament for St Andrew Eastern. She is a member of the governing Jamaica Labour Party and has served as secretary for the party's Central Executive Committee.