NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
19991005 Biographical Note(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
Dennie M.J. Wilson, the new Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Prior to his appointment, he served as his countrys Deputy Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations, and Deputy Consul General in New York.
From 1984 to 1994 he was managing agent for Maxwell Kates Inc. in New York. In 1990 he was appointed a member of Community Board 17 in Brooklyn Borough, New York, where he served until 1994.
Mr. Wilson was Senator, Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 1981 to 1984, and also served as executive member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), representing South and Central America and the West Indies including the Falkland Islands, as well as chairman of the local branch of the CPA.
From 1977 to 1981 he served as a Customs/Revenue Officer in the Southern Grenadines. From 1974 to 1976 he taught at the Bequia Anglican High School. He is a graduate of Fordham University.
Born on Union Island, Saint Vincent, Mr. Wilson is married with two children.
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