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{{Short description|Jamaican politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] [[Doctorate|Doctor]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Order of Distinction|CD]] [[Order of Jamaica|OJ]]
| name = Horace Chang
| image = File:Patricia Bullrich and Horace Chang.jpg
| caption = Horace Chang on right
| office = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica]]
| term_start = 7 September 2020
| term_end =
| primeminister = [[Andrew Holness]]
| predecessor = Vacant
| successor =
| office2 = [[Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)|Minister of National Security]]
| term_start2 = 26 March 2018
| term_end2 =
| primeminister2 = Andrew Holness
| predecessor2 = [[Robert Montague (Jamaican politician)|Robert Montague]]
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|11|10}}
| birth_place = [[Westmoreland Parish]], [[Jamaica]]
| party = [[Jamaican Labor Party|JLP]]
| spouse =
| residence =
| profession =
| religion =
| constituency_MP3 = [[Saint James North Western]]
| parliament3 = Jamaican
| term_start3 = 2002
| constituency_MP4 = [[Hanover Western]]
| parliament4 = Jamaican
| term_start4 = 1980
| term_end4 = 1989
| predecessor4 = [[Roy Robinson]]
| successor4 = [[Benjamin Clare]]
| office 5 =
| office5 = General Secretary of [[Jamaican Labour Party]]
| term_start5 = 1976
| president5 = [[Andrew Holness]]
| alma_mater = [[Cornwall College, Jamaica|Cornwall College]]<br>[[University of the West Indies]]
| birth_name = Horace Anthony Chang
}}

'''Horace Anthony Chang''' (born 10 November 1952) is a Jamaican doctor and politician who is both the current [[Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica]] and the [[Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)|Minister of National Security]]. He was formerly the Minister of Water, Environment and Housing from September 2007 to December 2011.

==Early life==
Chang was born on 10 November 1952 in New Roads, Westmoreland, Jamaica. He attended the New Roads All-age School, [[Cornwall College, Jamaica|Cornwall College]], and the [[University of the West Indies]]. In university, Chang was the president of the Guild of Undergraduates and led the University Games Committee, during which time he solved the organisation's financial problems and re-established a relationship with their Cuban counterparts.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/westernnews/profile-on-dr-horace-chang|title=Profile on Dr Horace Chang|date=30 March 2002}}</ref>

==Career==
Trained a medical doctor, Chang entered politics in 1976 as a member of the [[Jamaica Labour Party]] (JLP). He was a youth leader in East Rural St. Andrew and the vice-president of Young Jamaica.<ref name=jis>{{cite web|url=https://jis.gov.jm/government/ministers/dr-horace-chang/|accessdate=29 July 2020|title=Horace Chang|publisher=Jamaica Information Service}}</ref> In 1980, at age 27, he was elected into parliament as a representative of [[Hanover Western]], serving till 1989. From 1980 to 1986, Chang worked in the Ministry of Health as Parliamentary Secretary. In 2002, he was elected as Member of Parliament for [[Saint James North Western]]. From 2007 to 2011, Chang served as Minister of Housing, Environment, Water and Local Government. At this direction, the National Housing Development Corporation of Jamaica became the Housing Agency of Jamaica. During his tenure as minister, Chang also spearheaded the US$211 million Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project (JWSDIP), the largest project of its kind then.<ref name=jis/> Chang has served as the [[Ministry of National Security (Jamaica)|Minister of National Security]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Port_Antonio_gets_new_police_facility?profile=1228|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|date=24 July 2020|title=Port Antonio gets new police facility}}</ref> since March 2018 and as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica|Deputy Prime Minister]] since September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 September 2020|title=Chang to be sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister today|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Chang_to_be_sworn_in_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister_today|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=19 November 2020|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chang and his wife Paulette have two children. He is an avid reader and domino player.<ref name=jis/>

==Recognition==
In January 2020, the Quebec Avenue roadway in Montego Bay was renamed to Dr Horace Chang Boulevard. At the renaming ceremony, Mayor Homer Davis praised Chang as "a man for all seasons, a man who is a true and humble servant of not just the people of St James, but Jamaica, the Caribbean and the world".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Loop Jamaica|url=https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/mayor-davis-lauds-horace-chang-latters-big-day-montego-bay|date=21 January 2020|title=Mayor Davis lauds Horace Chang on the latter's big day in Montego Bay}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Jamaica Labour Party politicians]]
[[Category:Jamaican people of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Cornwall College, Jamaica alumni]]
[[Category:Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica]]

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