Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
David Coore | |
Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica |
Primeminister: | Michael Manley |
Term Start: | March 1972 |
Term End: | 1978 |
Successor: | P. J. Patterson |
Office1: | Attorney General of Jamaica |
Primeminister1: | P. J. Patterson |
Term Start1: | 1993 |
Term End1: | 1995 |
Predecessor1: | Carl Rattray |
Successor1: | A. J. Nicholson |
Office2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade |
Primeminister2: | Michael Manley |
Term Start2: | 1989 |
Term End2: | 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Hugh Shearer |
Successor2: | Paul Robertson |
Birth Name: | David Hilton Coore |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1925 |
Birth Place: | Anchovy, St. James, Jamaica |
Death Place: | Dominican Republic |
Party: | People's National Party |
Children: | 3 |
Spouse: | Maria De Marchena |
Education: |
David Hilton Coore [1] (22 August 1925 – 14 November 2011)[2] [3] was a Jamaican lawyer, politician and statesman who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica under Michael Manley.
Coore served in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1978. He returned to Parliament in 1989 when he was appointed as a senator. He also held key cabinet positions, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Attorney General.[4]