Aloun Assamba

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Aloun Assamba (born February 27, 1955 in Spanish Town , St. Catherine ) is a Jamaican politician of the People's National Party (PNP). She was Minister for Tourism and Culture from 2002 to 2007. Since May 2012 she has been the Jamaican High Commissioner (Ambassador) in London .

Life

Assamba attended Moneague Primary School , Fern Court and Merl Grove High School , then studied at Alpha Academy , the University of the West Indies and Norman Manley Law School, and the University of Pittsburgh in the USA . She worked as a lawyer and businesswoman, including as Vice-Chair of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and from 1994 to 2002 as General Manager of the Cooperative Credit Union for the City of Kingston . She also worked in leadership positions for various aid and charity organizations such as the United Way of Jamaica , the Jamaica Cancer Society , the Dispute Resolution Foundation and the Association of Development Agencies .

She was named a Senator in 1998 during the administration of Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson . After Seymour Mullings was ambassador to Washington, DC (USA) in 2001 , the PNP presented Assamba as his successor as a candidate in the constituency of St. Ann South East for the general election in 2002 . She was able to win the parliamentary seat and Patterson appointed her in October 2002 as Minister for Tourism, Entertainment and Culture in the Cabinet. Assamba withdrew from representative politics before the 2007 election, her successor as PNP candidate in the constituency of St. Ann South East was Lisa Hanna .

Assamba succeeded Anthony Johnson as Jamaican High Commissioner in London ( UK ) in May 2012 .

She is divorced and has one child.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Assamba heads to UK high commission , Jamaica Gleaner, February 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b South East St Ann - What went wrong? ( August 10, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive ), Jamaica Gleaner, June 10, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  3. ^ Assamba going to London , Jamaica Observer, February 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  4. ^ Profile of High Commissioner HE Aloun Ndombet-Assamba ( Memento of October 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 15, 2012.
predecessor Office successor
Anthony Johnson Jamaican High Commissioner in London
since May 2012
personal data
SURNAME Assamba, Aloun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES N'Dombet-Assamba, Aloun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican politician (PNP)
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Spanish Town , St. Catherine