Hyacinth Bennett

{{Short description|Jamaican educator and politician}}

Hyacinth Delores Bennett (born 1946) is a Jamaican educator and politician who is the founder and former president of Hydel High School, as well as the first female head of a political party in Jamaica, when she succeeded Bruce Golding in 2001 to become president of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) party.{{Cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Lovelette |last2=Green-Evans |first2=Vivienne |date=October 22, 2001 |title=Quitting not an option for Hyacinth Bennett |work=Jamaica Observer |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/all-woman/quitting-not-an-option-for-hyacinth-bennett/ |url-status=}}{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Livingston |date=November 16, 2018 |title=This one's for mom - Bennett dedicates Walker Cup win to principal and mother |work=Jamaica Gleaner |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20181117/ones-mom-bennett-dedicates-walker-cup-win-principal-and-mother }}

Bennett also established Hydel University as well as Hydel Prep School and is a former chairperson of the Caribbean Maritime University until 2020.

A former principal of Wolmers Prep School, Bennett began her teaching career in 1968 after graduating from Bethlehem Teachers College, in the Parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Alphea |date=January 20, 2020 |title=Hyacinth Bennett resigns as chairman of CMU council |work=Jamaica Observer |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/hyacinth-bennett-resigns-as-chairman-of-cmu-council/}}