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Keble Munn is dead
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Former People's National Party (PNP) Cabinet minister, Keble Munn, died yesterday in the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Munn was minister of agriculture between 1959 and 1962 and again in the 1970s. He was also minister of national security during the 1976 State of Emergency, Leader of the House of Representatives on two occasions and minister of parliamentary affairs.
He started his political career as a councillor in the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) in 1956, was appointed deputy mayor of Kingston in 1957, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1959 for East Rural St Andrew, a seat he held until 1980 when he retired from representational politics.
Munn is a life member of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, chairman of the Mavis Bank Central Factory and a former chairman of the Coffee Industry Board and the Agriculture Credit Board.
Born in New York in 1920, Munn was schooled at Wolmer's before going to Canada where he joined that country's army and served in Belgium, England and France during World War II.
His family has been involved in coffee farming since 1885, and he is credited with introducing organic (chicken) manure to local coffee farmers.
However, Munn is probably best remembered as minister of national security in 1976 when a number of persons were detained at Up Park Camp, the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters, in the State of Emergency which preceded the general election of that year.
In statements yesterday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his predecessors, P J Patterson and Portia Simpson Miller, expressed regret at his passing.
Golding described him as "a passionate advocate for small farmers". Patterson said that he was "a very close and endearing friend" whose contribution to the coffee industry is internationally recognised. Simpson Miller said that he was "a dedicated, committed member" of the party who served with distinction in many capacities.
Last year, Munn was conferred with the Order of Jamaica, the country's third highest honour, for his contribution to agriculture.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Former People's National Party (PNP) Cabinet minister, Keble Munn, died yesterday in the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Munn was minister of agriculture between 1959 and 1962 and again in the 1970s. He was also minister of national security during the 1976 State of Emergency, Leader of the House of Representatives on two occasions and minister of parliamentary affairs.
He started his political career as a councillor in the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) in 1956, was appointed deputy mayor of Kingston in 1957, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1959 for East Rural St Andrew, a seat he held until 1980 when he retired from representational politics.
Munn is a life member of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, chairman of the Mavis Bank Central Factory and a former chairman of the Coffee Industry Board and the Agriculture Credit Board.
Born in New York in 1920, Munn was schooled at Wolmer's before going to Canada where he joined that country's army and served in Belgium, England and France during World War II.
His family has been involved in coffee farming since 1885, and he is credited with introducing organic (chicken) manure to local coffee farmers.
However, Munn is probably best remembered as minister of national security in 1976 when a number of persons were detained at Up Park Camp, the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters, in the State of Emergency which preceded the general election of that year.
In statements yesterday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his predecessors, P J Patterson and Portia Simpson Miller, expressed regret at his passing.
Golding described him as "a passionate advocate for small farmers". Patterson said that he was "a very close and endearing friend" whose contribution to the coffee industry is internationally recognised. Simpson Miller said that he was "a dedicated, committed member" of the party who served with distinction in many capacities.
Last year, Munn was conferred with the Order of Jamaica, the country's third highest honour, for his contribution to agriculture.
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