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Jamaican Prime Minister Edward P.G. Seaga '52 will visit Harvard later this week and give two talks on contemporary Caribbean issues, University officials announced yesterday.
The 53-year-old Seaga, a former Eliot House resident, was elected leader of Jamaica in 1980 and voted back for a second term in December. He has earned international acclaim as an economist for his role in representing Jamaica as governor of the World Bank and in other Third World development banks.
During his three-day visit, Seaga will speak at the Law Forum on Thursday and at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) Friday afternoon. The prime minister will also meet students and CFIA faculty at private meals.
CFIA visiting fellow John D. Forbes, the counselor for political affairs at the United States embassy in Kingston, Jamaica encouraged Harvard to invite Seaga to speak. The prime minister was "delighted to accept," according to CFIA staff assistant Jean McVeigh. "He treats this as a homecoming."
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