Michael Manley was the second son of premier Norman Washington Manley and artist Edna Manley. He studied at Jamaica College between 1935 and 1943. He attended the ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

In the 1972 Jamaican general election, Manley defeated the unpopular incumbent Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer of the Jamaica Labour Party ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

By 1989, some right-wing critics had begun to assert that Manley had softened his socialist rhetoric, explicitly advocating a role for ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

Manley wrote seven books, including the award-winning A History of West Indies Cricket, in which he discussed the links between … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

When his father was elected premier of Jamaica in 1955, Manley resisted entering politics, not wanting to be seen as capitalizing … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

As Leader of the Opposition, Manley became an outspoken critic of the new conservative administration. He strongly opposed … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

Manley was married five times. In 1946, he married Jacqueline Kamellard, but the marriage was dissolved in 1951. In 1955, he married Thelma Verity, the adopted daughter of … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ