Jamaica celebrates its first female prime minister!

It was not the result of a national election but it still counts. By being elected the new leader of Jamaica's ruling People's National Party (PNP) on Saturday, Portia Simpson Miller will automatically become prime minister when PJ Patterson, the current PM, retires in a few weeks - after 14 years in power.

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Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaican prime minister