new cabinet announced
The Prime Minister the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson anounced the new cabinet at a press conference at Jamaica House on Friday October 25, 2002.
Members of the new cabinet are as follows:
| Prime Minister The Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, ON, PC, QC |
| Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. the Honourable Omar Lloyd Davies |
| Minister of Transport & Works Honourable Robert Dixon Pickersgill |
| Minister of Agriculture Honourable Roger Harold Clifford Clarke |
| Minister of Development (Office of the Cabinet) Dr. the Hon. Paul Douglas Robertson |
| Minister of Education, Youth & Culture Hon. Maxine Antoinette Henry-Wilson |
| Attorney General & Minister of Justice Honourable Arnold Joseph Nicholson, QC |
| Minister of Water & Housing Honourable Donald Barrington Buchanan |
| Minister of Local Government, Community Development & Sport Honourable Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller |
| Minister of National Security & Leader of the House Dr. The Honourable Peter David Phillips |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade Hon. Keith Desmond St. Aubyn Knight, QC |
| Minister of Information (Office of the Prime Minister & Leader of the Senate) Honourable Burchell Anthony Whiteman |
| Minister of Health Honourable John Archibald Junor |
| Minister of Commerce, Science & Technology Honourable Phillip Feanny Paulwell |
| Minister of Labour & Social Security Honourable Horace Washington Dalley |
| Minister of Industry & Tourism Hon. Aloun Angela N’dombet-Assamba |