President attends Kranenburg funeral

From right to left: President David Granger; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge; Speaker of the National Assembly and Dr. Barton Scotland. Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder is in the second row, while former Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds is at extreme left. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

President David Granger today attended the funeral service of Jules Kranenburg, a former Minister of Public Works and Communications with responsibility for transport under the Desmond Hoyte administration. The service was held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Brickdam, Stabroek.

Kranenburg died on May 29 at the age of 83 years old.

A Ministry of the Presidency press release today said that he was described by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge as a generous and decent man, who was a representation of all that was distinctive of old Demerara and Georgetown.

From right to left: President David Granger; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge; Speaker of the National Assembly and Dr. Barton Scotland. Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder is in the second row, while former Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds is at extreme left. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)
From right to left: President David Granger; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge; Speaker of the National Assembly and Dr. Barton Scotland. Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder is in the second row, while former Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds is at extreme left. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)