Ignatius Joachim Karl Hood, known as Karl Hood, is a
politician
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from the island nation of
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
. He served as an MP, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Ecclesiastical Affairs (2008-2010) and as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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(2010-2012) in a government led by former prime minister
. He resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 May 2012 after he abstained from a no-confidence vote against the government two days earlier. He currently serves as Grenada's High Commissioner to the
United Kingdom
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.
References
Ministry webpage
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Members of the House of Representatives of Grenada
Government ministers of Grenada
Foreign ministers of Grenada
People from Saint George Parish, Grenada
High Commissioners of Grenada to the United Kingdom
Ambassadors of Grenada to China
21st-century Grenadian politicians
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