Honourable G. Anthony Hylton is a Lawyer and businessman who served as Member of Parliament from 1993–2002 and from 2007-present.

In addition to his Ministerial portfolio, Minister Hylton is the Deputy Chairman of the People’s National Party and Chairman of the Institute of Law and Economics, the People’s National Party Policy Commission and the Commercial Division of the Coffee Industry Board.

Prior to his appointment as Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce, Minister Hylton was the managing partner in HyltonBrown, Jamaica’s first specialist international trade, energy, aviation, maritime and general commercial law practice. He also served as Ambassador and Special Envoy (2002-2006) of the Most Honourable Prime Minister P J Patterson, with special responsibility for preparing an Energy Policy and a diversification plan for Jamaica’s energy mix with the introduction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

Minister Hylton has held the positions of Parliamentary Secretary, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (1993-2001), Minister of Mining and Energy (2001-2002) and Executive Director of Legal and Foreign Affairs in the Policy Review Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister (1990-1993).

The Minister is regarded as a skilled negotiator and international trade specialist, who emerged as a leading figure in negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO); the European Union/African, Caribbean and Pacific (EU/ACP) Cotonou Agreement; the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. He was awarded national honours by the Government of Benin, for his work on the negotiation of the Cotonou Agreement.

Minister Hylton has also been associated with several leading law firms in the United States of America.

• Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin – Washington DC (1988-1989)
• Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle – New York, NY (1986-1988)
• Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse – Baltimore, MD (1983-1985)

The Minister is a member of the Maryland and Jamaican Bars and passed the New York Bar.

Minister Hylton was educated at:

• University of London, LLM (1985-1986)
• London Institute of World Affairs, Diploma in Air and Space Law
• Georgetown University, Washington DC, JD (1980-1983)
• Morgan State University, Baltimore MD, B.Sc. (1975-1979)
• Kingston College, Jamaica

He is an avid domino player and also enjoys listening to music, writing and debating. Born on April 27, 1957 in Kingston, Minister Hylton is married and has two children.