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An avid lover of sports, Dr. McNeill served as a member of the Boxing Board of Control from 1994-1997 and chaired the Armateur Development and the Medical Committees of the board. He is also the founding Chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which he headed from 1995-2000. He is also a co-founder of the Clinic of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. He has worked with a number of national teams including the Reggae Boyz and in 1996, traveled as a member of the medical team to the Olympic Games in Athens. |
An avid lover of sports, Dr. McNeill served as a member of the Boxing Board of Control from 1994-1997 and chaired the Armateur Development and the Medical Committees of the board. He is also the founding Chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which he headed from 1995-2000. He is also a co-founder of the Clinic of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. He has worked with a number of national teams including the Reggae Boyz and in 1996, traveled as a member of the medical team to the Olympic Games in Athens. |
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=== Political Career === |
=== Political Career === |
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Western Westmoreland, he was re-elected in 2002, being the first Member of Parliament in the history of this constituency to do so. |
His constituency is the Western Westmoreland Parish , he was re-elected in 2002, being the first Member of Parliament in the history of this constituency to do so.<ref>[http://www.pnpjamaica.com/index.php?option=com_resource&controller=article&article=22&category_id=6&Itemid=53 Article on Dr. McNeill]</ref> |
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In 2000 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, now the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, and was reappointed in 2002, with responsibility to directly oversee tourism operations, including cruise shipping and tourism development. |
In 2000 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, now the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, and was reappointed in 2002, with responsibility to directly oversee tourism operations, including cruise shipping and tourism development. |
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=== Family Life === |
=== Family Life === |
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Revision as of 08:30, 5 November 2010
Kenneth Wykeham McNeill, MD, MP(Born October 1957 in Kingston, St. Andrew Parish) is a Jamaican Political figure and a Doctor. He is currently the Spokesman of the Tourism Sector in Jamaica.
Early Life
Born in 1957 in the parish of Kingston, Jamaica, Dr. Wykeham McNeill is the youngest son born to Dr. Kenneth McNeill, O.J., former Minister of Government and his wife Valerie.[1]
Education
Dr. McNeill is a medical doctor by profession having graduated from Medical School in Havana, Cuba in 1983. He has served in various hospitals in Jamaica including St. Anns Bay, Spanish Town, University and the Kingston Public Hospitals. He later went on to private practice at the Eureka Medical Center.[2] An avid lover of sports, Dr. McNeill served as a member of the Boxing Board of Control from 1994-1997 and chaired the Armateur Development and the Medical Committees of the board. He is also the founding Chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), which he headed from 1995-2000. He is also a co-founder of the Clinic of Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy. He has worked with a number of national teams including the Reggae Boyz and in 1996, traveled as a member of the medical team to the Olympic Games in Athens.
Political Career
His constituency is the Western Westmoreland Parish , he was re-elected in 2002, being the first Member of Parliament in the history of this constituency to do so.[3] In 2000 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, now the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, and was reappointed in 2002, with responsibility to directly oversee tourism operations, including cruise shipping and tourism development.
Family Life
Dr. McNeill is currently married to Sheila Benjamin McNeill and has two children, Jordan McNeill and Step daughter Ashleigh Fernandez.[4]