1967 - TheJamaican Regiment carries the coffin bearing the body of Sir Donald Sangster from the Kingston Parish Church. He was buried at the George VI Memorial Park (National Heroes Park). 45 MILESTONES
1962-2007: 45 years of nationhood
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Sir Alexander Bustamante, who was Prime Minister of Jamaica since 1962, retired from active political life in 1967.
He was succeeded by Donald Sangster, his deputy for the preceding five years.
Unfortunately, after he was sworn in and was finalising the budget in his capacity as Minister of Finance, he fell ill. His doctors advised that he should be transferred to the Montreal Neurological Centre in Canada where the doctors had examined him the previous year. For three weeks he was in and out of a coma and finally died on April 11.
Before he died, he was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by Her Majesty the Queen.
Following a state funeral at the Kingston Parish Church he was buried in the George V1 Memorial Park. He was the first Prime Minister to be buried in that cemetery which was later renamed National Heroes Park.
He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Hugh Lawson Shearer.
And on another note of history, G. Arthur Brown was the first native-born governor of the Bank of Jamaica.
G. Arthur Brown, chairman of Air Jamaica, speaking at the function which marked the opening of the airline's new offices in the spanking new North American Life building on Harbour Street, downtown Kingston. Behind him are Sir Neville Ashenheim (centre), minister of state, who formally declared the offices open; and Guillermo Machado, general manager of Air Jamaica, who introduced Brown.
Prime Minister Hugh Shearer(left) deals with official correspondence during his first day in office as Prime Minister. Shearer is also in charge of the portfolios of External Affairs and Defence.
Sir Donald Sangster, Jamaica's second Prime Minister.
