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Audrey Marks resigns as Jamaica’s ambassador to the U.S. resigns
Audrey Marks., Jamaica’s outgoing Ambassador to the United States. PHOTO/JIS
Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, yesterday confirmed that she has resigned, a move that will open up one of the most coveted diplomatic postings, giving Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller a free hand to select a replacement.
“I have offered my resignation as is the normal protocol in these circumstances,” Marks told reporters via cellphone from Washington yesterday evening.
Marks, was Jamaica’s first female ambassador to the U.S., her resignation takes effect in March.
She was sent to Washington in May 2010 by the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Government to replace Anthony Johnson, who was dispatched to the United Kingdom as Jamaica’s High Commissioner to that country.