Ann-Marie Theresa Vaz (née Lyew; born 13 March 1966) is a Jamaican politician who is the Member of Parliament for the Portland Eastern constituency.
[1][2] Prior to her political career, Ann-Marie Vaz founded the One Jamaica Foundation to improve Jamaican educational infrastructure, and served as its chair.
[7] Vaz became the first woman to represent Portland Eastern, as well as the first Jamaica Labour Party politician from the constituency to be seated in parliament.
[10] Vaz's swearing-in ceremony was attended by her grandmother, Eva May Wright,[11] who died five months later, on 15 September 2019, aged 99.
[12][13] Vaz announced in May 2019 that she had established a fund for tertiary student expenses, using the first month of her salary as a sitting parliamentarian.