Tom Tavares-Finson
Tom Tavares-Finson is a Jamaican lawyer and politician who has been the President of the Senate of Jamaica since March 10, 2016, and has been a member of the Senate since 2007. He has served on the Electoral Commission of Jamaica since 2006 and chairs the National Gallery of Jamaica.
Born on July 7, 1953, in Kingston, he studied at Jamaica College, McMaster University, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and the University of London. He was admitted to the English bar in 1979 and the Jamaica Bar in 1981, and he is a member of the Middle Temple. He is a justice of the peace and a notary public.
Tavares-Finson has been involved in electoral matters, serving on the Electoral Advisory Committee (2005–2006) and joining the Electoral Commission of Jamaica in 2006. He has been active in the Jamaica Labour Party’s central executive and standing committees, and he served as Deputy President of the Senate in 2007, handling opposition business in the Senate.
He succeeded Floyd Morris as President of the Senate on March 10, 2016, and was reelected on September 15, 2020.
Personal life: He was married to Cindy Breakspeare from 1981 to 1995, and they have two children. He married Rose Costantini in 1998, and they have two more children, for a total of five. He was awarded the Order of Jamaica in 2020.
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