KC old boy now US Ambassador to Jamaica

The United States Senate late last night confirmed Jamaica-born, Kingston College (KC) old boy Noah Nick Perry as the new United States Ambassador to Jamaica.

Earlier this week, Perry's nomination received the unanimous support of the US Foreign Relations Committee.

During the confirmation vote last night, Perry received more than the required 51 votes to make him the new US Ambassador to Jamaica.

Perry is the first Jamaica-born American to hold this position.

He will replace Ambassador Donald Tapia whose appointment ended in 2021 with the inauguration of the new US president following the 2020 election.

The 71-year-old Perry migrated to America in 1971 and served for two years in the United States army.

Perry has represented the 58th assembly district in Brooklyn for more than three decades and was first elected to the New York State assembly in 1992.

He has risen through the assembly ranks over the years and is the third most powerful politician in Albany.

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