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PNP stalwart, Keble Munn, is dead
Monday, 14 April 2008
The People's National Party is expressing regret at the passing of Keble Munn, who died Monday after a long illness.
Party President Portia Simpson Miller hailed Mr. Munn as a dedicated, committed member of the People's National Party who served Party and the country with distinction in many capacities.
The Party also expressed condolences to his widow Yvonne, his children and other family members and friends.
Keble Munn first entered representational politics in 1956 serving as a Councillor and then later as Deputy Mayor of the Kingston and St.
Andrew Corporation.
He served as Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew from 1959 to 1967 before shifting to South East St. Andrew.
He was also MP for Eastern St. Andrew from 1976 to 1980.
From 1959 to 1962, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of National Security and from 1972 to 1980 he served again as Minister of Agriculture and National Security and was Leader of the House of Representatives.
He retired from active politics in 1980.
Mr. Munn was a life member of the Jamaica Agricultural Society and served as chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Council, the Coffee Industry Board and the Agriculture Credit Board.
He was a pioneer in Blue Mountain Coffee farming and became the chairman and manager of the Mavis Bank Central Factory Ltd in 1946 and served in those capacities for close to 50 years.
And Managing Director and CEO of the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory, Senator Norman Grant has also expressed the company's sense of loss at Mr. Munn's passing.
Senator Grant notes that Mr. Munn is credited with being the first Jamaican exporter to break into the extremely lucrative Japanese coffee market in 1953.
( an gi weh di coffee fi likkle an nutten )
Monday, 14 April 2008
The People's National Party is expressing regret at the passing of Keble Munn, who died Monday after a long illness.
Party President Portia Simpson Miller hailed Mr. Munn as a dedicated, committed member of the People's National Party who served Party and the country with distinction in many capacities.
The Party also expressed condolences to his widow Yvonne, his children and other family members and friends.
Keble Munn first entered representational politics in 1956 serving as a Councillor and then later as Deputy Mayor of the Kingston and St.
Andrew Corporation.
He served as Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew from 1959 to 1967 before shifting to South East St. Andrew.
He was also MP for Eastern St. Andrew from 1976 to 1980.
From 1959 to 1962, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of National Security and from 1972 to 1980 he served again as Minister of Agriculture and National Security and was Leader of the House of Representatives.
He retired from active politics in 1980.
Mr. Munn was a life member of the Jamaica Agricultural Society and served as chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Council, the Coffee Industry Board and the Agriculture Credit Board.
He was a pioneer in Blue Mountain Coffee farming and became the chairman and manager of the Mavis Bank Central Factory Ltd in 1946 and served in those capacities for close to 50 years.
And Managing Director and CEO of the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory, Senator Norman Grant has also expressed the company's sense of loss at Mr. Munn's passing.
Senator Grant notes that Mr. Munn is credited with being the first Jamaican exporter to break into the extremely lucrative Japanese coffee market in 1953.
( an gi weh di coffee fi likkle an nutten )
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