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Michael Manley
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<p>Michael Norman Manley <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_Nation/49preplj">ON</a> <a href="/facts/Order_of_Merit_(Jamaica)/WnuV63HM">OM</a> <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_Caribbean_Community/TamqIG6e">OCC</a> <a href="/facts/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)/05w1cyyh">PC</a> (10 December 1924 – 6 March 1997) was a <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaican</a> politician who served as the fourth <a href="/facts/Prime_minister_of_Jamaica/7aCKgKhl">prime minister of Jamaica</a>, from 1972 to 1980, and from 1989 to 1992. Manley championed a <a href="/facts/Democratic_socialist/JGdYaWre">democratic socialist</a> program, and has been described as a <a href="/facts/Populist/J0EXt6XK">populist</a>. He remains one of Jamaica's most popular prime ministers. </p>