John Philip Carmichael
John Philip Carmichael was politician, businessman and botanist from Swaziland. He was born on 1 August 1947.[1] His forefathers settled to Swaziland from Scotland in 1800s. He was the owner and mastermind behind the establishment of Summerfield Botanical Gardens in 1980s.[2] Carmichael was minister of housing and urban development from 1993 to 1998.[3] He was the minister of finance of Swaziland from November 1998 to February 2001.[4] He was then appointed as minister of education[5][6] until 2003, when he was appointed as minister of public works and transport. He left the cabinet in 2003.[7] Carmichael died in 2019.[8] References
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