Seymour St. Edward "Foggy" Mullings OJ CD (12 May 1931 – 9 October 2013) was a Jamaican politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister under P. J. Patterson. He was also an accomplished pianist.The Jamaican Directory of Personalities 1981-82, Gleaner Company Ltd, 1981
Career Seymour Mullings attended Jamaica College in St Andrew."Former Deputy PM Seymour Mullings is dead", Jamaica Observer, 9 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013 He worked as a jazz pianist from the 1940s to the 1960s, playing with the likes of Don Drummond and Cluett Johnson, and in the late 1940s was a member of the Wilton Gaynair All-Star band.Augustyn, Heather (2013) Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist, McFarland & Co Inc, , p. 53"A roll-call of Jamaican jazz ", Jamaica Gleaner, 4 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2013Miller, Herbie (2013) "Foggy Could Have Been Great - No Known Recordings Of Late Politician, Musician Leads To Bigger Loss", Jamaica Gleaner, 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013 He was also organist at the Anglican Church in Claremont, St. AnnSpaulding, Gary (2013) "Foggy The Musician", Jamaica Gleaner, 13 October 2013 Mullings served as president of the Jamaica Federations of Musicians, and was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997. His nephew is the deejay Tony Rebel.Helps, H.G. (2013) "Former deputy PM Seymour Mullings dies at 82", Jamaica Observer, 10 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013
He entered politics in 1969, winning a by-election for the St Ann South East seat in the House of Representatives."Saluting 'everybody's friend': Seymour 'Foggy' Mullings", Jamaica Observer, 11 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013 He retained his seat in the elections of 1972, 1976, and 1980, losing it due to the PNP's boycott of the 1983 election, and regaining it in 1989 and defending it successfully it in 1993 and 1997. He served in the cabinet under Michael Manley in the late 1980s, going on to hold the posts of Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, and was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister by P. J. Patterson, a post he held from April 1993 to October 2001."PM Saddened At Mullings' Passing ", Jamaica Information Service, 9 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013 He retired from parliament in 2002, although he still attended parliamentary sittings for several years, and was appointed as ambassador to Washington, D.C., a post he held until 2004.Spaulding, Gary (2013) "Respect To 'Foggy'", Jamaica Gleaner, 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013
In 2012, a road in St Ann was named Seymour Mullings Boulevard in his honour.
Seymour Mullings died at Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston on 9 October 2013, aged 82, after a long illness. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for several years.
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