Culture Ministry PS
Captain Alfred King, with effect from July 1, was appointed as the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

King, head of the President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana (PYARG)  programe, succeeds Colonel Keith Booker who held the position for more than a decade. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, according to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, said that Cabinet had decided that Booker’s “tour of duty should come to an end on June 20 and this led to his replacement.”

The Office of the President approved King’s appointment. King, GINA said, joins the ranks of recently appointed permanent secretaries which includes Colin Croal in the Ministry of Legal Affairs; Nigel Dharamlall in the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and Emile Mc Garrell who was transferred to the Ministry of Housing and Water.