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Derrick McKoy
Derrick Vincent McKoy (born 3 October 1951) is the Attorney General of Jamaica. McKoy was appointed to the post on 11 January 2022 by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. McKoy was previously a commissioner of Jamaica's anti-corruption body the Integrity Commission until he resigned in January 2020. He also has served as contractor general for Jamaica. He was a founding member of the Jamaica Chapter of Transparency International (TI), a member of the executive committee and its first secretary. He has lectured at the Mona School of Business, the University of International Relations, the Norman Manley Law School, Barry University’s Andreas School of Business, and Nova Southeastern University’s Huizenga School of Business. He has also published in the areas of competition law, constitutional law, corruption, labour law, public management, governance, and the law of computers. He was made Queen's Counsel (QC) in May 2022. Education Mckoy received his MBA from Barry Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |