Peter Bunting
Peter Bunting | |
|---|---|
| Minister of National Security | |
| In office 5 January 2012 – February 2016 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Patrick Allen |
| Preceded by | Dwight Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Robert Montague |
| Member of Parliament for Manchester Central | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2007 – 3 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Junor |
| Succeeded by | Rhoda Moy-Crawford |
| Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern | |
| In office 30 March 1993 – 18 December 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Shearer |
| Succeeded by | Basil Burrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Murcott Bunting 7 September 1960 Clarendon, Jamaica |
| Political party | People's National Party |
| Alma mater | McGill University University of Florida |
Peter Murcott Bunting, MP (born 7 September 1960) was the fifth National Security Minister of Jamaica (Jan 2012 - Feb 2016) and the Former Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Central Manchester. Bunting was the General Secretary of the People's National Party, a position which he has held from January 2008 to January 2014. In the 2020 People's National Party leadership election, Bunting was the lead contender in the polls before the PNP's stunning defeat in the 2020 Jamaican general election, in which he lost his Manchester Central seat in Jamaica's parliament.