ST. ON SATURDAY, JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Governor General Sir Rodney Williams conducted the swearing-in ceremony for independent senator Kiz Johnson.
Johnson is now the seventh woman sworn into the Upper House of Parliament.
She is the current group marketing manager at Anjo Insurances & Anjo Wholesale, where she has direct responsibility for ensuring the Group’s brands are the preferred brands and achieving the branding/marketing goals of the Anjo Group of Companies.
The new Senate has seen a reduction in female representation from its most significant number of female senators ever, with nine of its seventeen members being women during the 2018-2022 period.
Johnson succeeds the previous Governor General’s representative, Bakesha Francis-James, who served since the 2018 general elections.
The current roster of female senators is as follows:
Samantha N Marshall – Leader of Government Business, Minister of State within the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation & The Environment with responsibility for Social Transformation
Alicia T.H. Williams-Grant – Government Senator
Shenella M.S. Govia – Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Creative Industries & Sports
Cheryl Mary-Clare Hurst – Deputy Leader of Government Business
Knacyntar Nedd Charles – Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade & Barbuda Affairs
Shawn Nicholas – UPP Senator
Kiz Johnson – Governor General’s Representative.
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