Peter Phillips (Jamaican politician)

Dr.The Honourable Peter David Phillips MP
Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service
In office 5 January 2012 – 7 March 2016
Prime Minister	Portia Simpson-Miller
Preceded by	Audley Shaw
Succeeded by	Audley Shaw
Minister of National Security
In office 2002 – 11 September 2007
Prime Minister	Percival James Patterson
Preceded by	K.D. Knight
Succeeded by	Trevor MacMillan
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-28) 28 December 1949 Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican

Peter Phillips, MP (born 28 December 1949) is a Jamaican politician who served as the Minister of Finance and Planning. He is Member of Parliament for East Central St Andrew.

Personal life

Phillips was born in Kingston to Mico Teachers' College lecturer Aubrey Sylvester Phillips and civil servant Thelma Limonius Phillips. Aubrey was himself a graduate of Mico, where he had roomed with Howard Cooke, who would later become Governor-General of Jamaica. Peter spent some of his infancy in Manchester Parish where both his mother's and father's parents lived, and still considers it home. He returned to Kingston and started pre-school there before moving to Saint Ann Parish where his father took up a new job as principal of Moneague Teachers' College. He lived in the United Kingdom between ages six and nine while his father studied for a Ph.D. there, and then returned to Jamaica.

Phillips holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics, a Master's in Government, and a Doctorate in International Political Economy and Development Studies.