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02/26/2006:

"Jamaica to Get First Female Leader"

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Cabinet minister was positioned to become Jamaica's next prime minister and first female head of government Saturday after narrowly beating a former Rastafarian in internal elections to head the country's ruling party.

In the Jamaican system, the majority party's president automatically becomes prime minister. About 3,800 delegates of the People's National Party voted.
news.yahoo.com