Patrick Allen (Governor-General)
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His Excellency The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen ON GCMG CD KStJ |
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| 6th Governor-General of Jamaica | |
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Assumed office 26 February 2009 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Bruce Golding Andrew Holness Portia Simpson-Miller Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Sir Kenneth Hall |
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7 February 1951 Fruitful Vale, Jamaica |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Beckford |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Andrews University |
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Viceregal styles of Sir Patrick Allen (2009–present) |
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| Reference style | His Excellency the Most Honourable |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Sir Patrick Linton Allen ON GCMG CD KStJ (born 7 February 1951) is the sixth and current Governor-General of Jamaica.
The fourth of five children in a family of subsistence farmers, Allen spent over a decade as a teacher and principal, before leaving education to be trained as an Adventist minister at Andrews University in the United States. After becoming a pastor, Allen went on to serve in a number of leadership roles within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, eventually becoming the leader of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists, which had jurisdiction over Jamaica, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Allen became Jamaica's sixth appointed governor-general (eighth overall, including two acting governors-general). He replaced Sir Kenneth O. Hall, who resigned for health reasons. Allen's appointment was controversial due to his strong ties to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and because of concerns that he would be unable to attend functions on Saturdays due to his faith's strict observation of the sabbath. Allen resigned from his leadership of the West Indies Union prior to becoming governor-general, however.
Patrick Linton Allen was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 7 February 1951. He was the fourth of five children to Ferdinand Allen, a farmer, and Christiana Allen (née Grant), a housewife. His parents were subsistence farmers in a region that had been devastated by Hurricane Charlie around the time of his birth. Allen attended the Fruitful Vale All-Age School as a child. Beginning at grade one, Allen was a year ahead in school.
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