Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller ON (born 12 December 1945) is a Jamaican politician who served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2016.

[10] She attended Marlie Hill Primary School, which was destroyed by Hurricane Charlie in 1951 and relocated to the nearby community of Bellfield.

[11] Simpson Miller attended St Martin's High School, which was located on Upper Ivy Road, Kingston.

[14] Simpson-Miller was elected in 1976 to the Parliament of Jamaica, to represent the constituency of South West St. Andrew Parish, as a member of the People's National Party.

Simpson-Miller replaced Patterson as prime minister on 30 March 2006, becoming the first female head of government of the nation[17] and the third in the Anglophone Caribbean, following Eugenia Charles of Dominica and Janet Jagan of Guyana.

A part of their campaign strategy was a media blitz that claimed to highlight 18 years of neglect under the PNP and the incompetence of Simpson-Miller as a leader.

One advertisement highlighted the deplorable conditions in Simpson-Miller's own constituency of South West St. Andrew[20] while others were created from controversial interviews[21] and still others discussed issues surrounding her competence as a leader.

[22] Simpson-Miller initially refused to concede defeat, alleging voting irregularities and the possibility that recounts would change the final result.

Days before the election, Simpson-Miller came out fully in favour of LGBT rights in a televised debate, sparking an eleventh-hour controversy ahead of the vote.

[27] The election results were officially declared by the Electoral Office on 5 January and, upon the request of the Governor General, Simpson-Miller formed the new Jamaican government.

After ambivalence during her first term in office, Simpson-Miller became the first head of government in Jamaican history to formally endorse civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens during an election campaign.

[26] Simpson-Miller noted during an election debate that she "has no problem giving certain positions of authority to a homosexual as long as they show the necessary level of competence for the post.

[35][36] In 1998, Simpson married Errald Miller, a business executive and former CEO of Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd. On 29 May 2006 she was vested with the Jamaican Order of the Nation, giving her (and her husband) the title "The Most Honourable".

[38] Simpson-Miller is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former female presidents and prime ministers.