Howard Cooke

Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke, ON, GCMG, GCVO, CD, K.St.J (born November 13, 1915) was the Governor-General of Jamaica from August 1, 1991^[1] until February 15, 2006 when he became the first governor-general to invest his own successor, Professor Kenneth Octavius Hall. He was styled His Excellency while in office as governor-general.

In his early life he was a teacher, becoming president of the Jamaica Union of Teachers. He also worked in the insurance industry. He became a member of the parliament of the West Indies Federation in 1958, and then the independent Jamaican parliament as a Senator and a Member of the House of Representatives after 1962. He was a minister in the government of Michael Manley during the 1970s and President of the Senate from 1989 to 1991.

References

^ "The Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke". kingshouse.gov.jm. http://kingshouse.gov.jm/profiles/the-most-hon-sir-howard-cooke. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

Preceded by Edward Zacca (acting)	Governor-General of Jamaica 1991 – 2006	Succeeded by Kenneth Hall

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