Former police commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, is Jamaica’s next ambassador to the United States.
The announcement was made in a release on Thursday by foreign affairs minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith.
She says General Anderson will also be appointed as Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, OAS.
General Anderson will replace Ambassador Audrey Marks who has been appointed to the Senate of Jamaica.
Ambassador Marks has been serving as Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States since 2016.
She’s Jamaica’s first female ambassador to the United States.
General Anderson previously served as Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force before becoming the country’s first national security advisor.
Senator Johnson Smith says General Anderson is expected to take up his post in Washington D.C in short order.
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, foreign affairs minister.
