{{Short description|Jamaican politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = Douglas Ralph Manley | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|05|30}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|07|26|1922|05|30}} | relations = | parents = Norman Manley<br>Edna Manley | honorific_prefix = Dr. The Honourable | honorific_suffix = PhD OJ MP | alma_mater = University of the West Indies<br>Colombia Munro College<br>University of Liverpool | spouse = Carmen Lawrence | children = 2 | office = Minister of Health | term_start = 1977 | term_end = 1980 | predecessor = Kenneth McNeill | successor = Kenneth Baugh | office1 = MP for Manchester Southern | term_start1 = 1972 | term_end1 = 1980 | term_start2 = 1989 | term_end2 = 1993 | occupation = Politician, athlete, educator }} '''Douglas Ralph Manley''' (30 May 1922 – 26 July 2013)<ref name=eraends>[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130731/cleisure/cleisure3.html Manley's Death Marks End Of Era]</ref><ref name=allrounder>[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130802/news/news3.html A Point Well Made - Dr Douglas Manley The All-Rounder]</ref> was a Jamaican politician, Member of Parliament (MP), and Government Minister. He was the son of Jamaican premier Norman Washington Manley and Edna Manley and the older brother of former Jamaican Prime Minister, Michael Manley.<ref name=allrounder /><ref name=manleydead>[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=46774 Former government minister Douglas Manley is dead]</ref>
Manley served as the MP for South Manchester, Jamaica from 1972 to 1980<ref name=eraends /><ref name=manleydead /> and 1989 to 1993.<ref name=allrounder /> Manley also served as a Minister of Youth and Community Development, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Health during the 1970s.<ref name=allrounder />
Douglas Manley attended St Andrew's Preparatory School and secondary school at Munro College.<ref name=allrounder /> He obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology from Columbia University and a PhD in sociology from the University of Liverpool, England.<ref name=allrounder /> Manley was a professor in Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.<ref name=allrounder />
Manley was also an athlete. In 1941, at Jamaica's inter-secondary schoolboys' track and field athletics championships, Manley equalled the record set by his father, Norman, in the 100 yard dash.<ref name=eraends /><ref name=allrounder />
Manley was married to Carmen Lawrence, a Jamaican actress and playwright, and had two sons, Norman and Roy.<ref name=allrounder />
Manley was awarded the Order of Jamaica for service to his country.
Douglas Manley died on 26 July 2013 at the age of 91.<ref name=manleydead />
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