# Hyacinth Bennett

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'''Hyacinth Delores Bennett''' (born 1946) is a Jamaican educator and politician who is the founder and former president of [Hydel High School](/source/Hydel_High_School), as well as the first female head of a political party in Jamaica, when she succeeded [Bruce Golding](/source/Bruce_Golding) in 2001 to become president of the [National Democratic Movement](/source/National_Democratic_Movement_(Jamaica)) (NDM) party.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Lovelette |last2=Green-Evans |first2=Vivienne |date=October 22, 2001 |title=Quitting not an option for Hyacinth Bennett |work=[Jamaica Observer](/source/Jamaica_Observer) |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/all-woman/quitting-not-an-option-for-hyacinth-bennett/ |url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Livingston |date=November 16, 2018 |title=This one's for mom - Bennett dedicates Walker Cup win to principal and mother |work=Jamaica Gleaner |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20181117/ones-mom-bennett-dedicates-walker-cup-win-principal-and-mother }}</ref>

Bennett also established [Hydel University](/source/Hydel_University) as well as [Hydel Prep School](/source/Hydel_Prep_School) and is a former chairperson of the Caribbean Maritime University until 2020.

A former principal of [Wolmers Prep School](/source/Wolmer's_Prep_School), Bennett began her teaching career in 1968 after graduating from Bethlehem Teachers College, in the Parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Alphea |date=January 20, 2020 |title=Hyacinth Bennett resigns as chairman of CMU council |work=Jamaica Observer |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/hyacinth-bennett-resigns-as-chairman-of-cmu-council/}}</ref>

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