David Coore

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The Honourable
David Coore
OJ KC
Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office
March 1972 – 1978
Prime MinisterMichael Manley
Succeeded byP. J. Patterson
Attorney General of Jamaica
In office
1993–1995
Prime MinisterP. J. Patterson
Preceded byCarl Rattray
Succeeded byA. J. Nicholson
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
In office
1989–1993
Prime MinisterMichael Manley
Preceded byHugh Shearer
Succeeded byPaul Robertson
Personal details
BornDavid Hilton Coore
(1925-08-22)22 August 1925
Anchovy, St. James, Jamaica
Died14 November 2011(2011-11-14) (aged 86)
Dominican Republic
PartyPeople's National Party
Spouse(s)
Rita Angela Innis
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(m. 1949; died 1975)​

Maria De Marchena
Children3
Education

David Hilton Coore OJ KC[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]

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