A Member of Parliament, Deputy Chairman of the People’s National Party and Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council, he is focused on the enhancement of the Jamaican business environment, and is Chair of the National Competitiveness Council, which is responsible for coordinating Jamaica’s business reform agenda. He is fully committed to the socio-economic transformation of Jamaica.
His previous Ministerial assignments include serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister of Mining and Energy. He also held the positions of Parliamentary Secretary and Executive Director of Legal and Foreign Affairs in the Policy Review Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister. Minister Hylton also served as Ambassador and Special Envoy of then Prime Minister P J Patterson, charged with preparing an Energy Policy and a diversification plan for Jamaica’s energy mix with the introduction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
Minister Hylton has also been associated with several leading law firms in the United States of America, including: Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin – Washington DC; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle – New York, and Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse – Baltimore.
His law firm Hylton Brown, recently represented Shanique Myrie in the landmark case against the Government of Barbados.
He holds a Master of laws (LL.M), with a focus on aviation, maritime, space and insurance from the University of London; a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University and is a graduate of Morgan State University.
He is an avid domino player and also enjoys listening to music, writing and debating. Born on April 27, 1957 in Kingston, Minister Hylton is married and has two children.
