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Patrick Allen (politician)

His Excellency The Most Honourable
Sir Patrick Allen
ON GCMG CD KSt.J
6th Governor-General of Jamaica
Assumed office
26 February 2009
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Bruce Golding
Andrew Holness
Portia Simpson-Miller
Andrew Holness
Preceded by Sir Kenneth Hall
Personal details
Born (1951-02-07) 7 February 1951 (age 66)
Fruitful Vale, Jamaica
Spouse(s) Patricia Beckford
Children 3
Alma mater Andrews University
Religion Seventh-day Adventism
Viceregal styles of
Sir Patrick Allen
(2009–present)
Flag of the Governor-General of Jamaica.svg
Reference style His Excellency the Most Honourable
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Sir

Sir Patrick Linton Allen ON GCMG CD KSt.J (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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