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A trained lawyer and astute businesswoman, Minister of Tourism, Entertainment & Culture, Mrs. Aloun N'Dombet-Assamba, is one of the three women who will serve as Ministers in the Cabinet. 

She is known for her contribution to several areas of Jamaican and Caribbean life and has participated in diverse fields such as community and civic service, politics, government, law and business.

Moving from her position as General Manager of the City of Kingston Co-operative Credit Union where she won such accolades as the "Woman of the Year Award", Mrs. Assamba entered politics as a Government Senator.

Prior to her involvement in politics she held such positions as Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission; Acting Chairman of the Fair Trading Commission; Member of the Jamaica Bar Association and Chairman of Moneague Primary and Junior High Schools.

Several organizations and institutions including the Heinz Foundation, which in 1991 named her the first Caribbean national to be awarded the prestigious Heinz Fellowship, have recognized her 'best' attributes.  In 1999 she was named "Woman of the Year", by the American Biographical Institute and appointed to the Professional Advisory Board.

She was also named "one of the Future Leaders of the Commonwealth" in 1986 when she participated in the Sixth Commonwealth Duke of Edinburgh Study Conference in Sydney, Australia, and in 2000 received the Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Award from the Kiwanis Club of New Kingston, for professional achievements in 2000.

Her history of community involvement includes holding leadership positions in many aid and service organizations such as United Way of Jamaica, Jamaica Cancer Society, the Dispute Resolution Foundation and the Association of Development Agencies.

Mrs. N'Dombet-Assamba was born on February 27, 1955, in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. She has one child. She attended Moneague Primary School, Fern Court High, Merl Grove High, Alpha Academy, the University of the West Indies, the Norman Manley Law School, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Institute of Management and Production.