By Nelson A. King
Several members of the Grenadian
community in Brooklyn
has extended overwhelming
congratulations to Ruth Elizabeth
Rouse, a former Grenada
United Nations ambassador and
distinguished senior public servant,
who earlier this month was
appointed Secretary to the Grenada
Cabinet.
“It is my pleasure to congratulate
Ms. Ruth Rouse on her
appointment as cabinet secretary
and would like to wish her a successful
mission,” Derek Ventour,
a leading Caribbean entertainment
promoter in Brooklyn, told
Caribbean Life. “What an excellent
choice based on expertise,
experience and talent.”
Harold Pysadee, a veteran and
popular Grenada radio personality,
said Rouse’s “vast experience
in the civil service, working at
various ministries; her experience
in the foreign service makes
the ideal person for the post of
cabinet secretary. Congrats!”
Community activist Joy Ratan
said Rouse’s commitment has
been “exemplary, and her hard
work is always an inspiration.
“May God add His blessings!”
she said.
Jude Phillip, another Brooklyn
resident, said: “Ms. Rouse’s, hard
work in the service has proved
that her new appointment was
destined for her. It was the right
decision by delegating the post as
Cabinet Secretary. Congratulations
are in order!”
“Congratulations on a welldeserved
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promotion to Ms. Ruth
Rouse. It is the Lord’s doing to
reward her years of hard work
in the service”, said Hermelyn
Daniel.
“I just learned that Ms. Ruth
Rouse has been appointed cabinet
secretary for the government
of Grenada. I wish her all the best
and God’s blessings in her new
position,” said Merlyn Friday-
Gilmore.
Businessman Joseph “Big Joe”
Henry said it was “my pleasure
to extend sincere congratulations
and best wishes to Ms. Ruth
Rouse on her new appointment
as cabinet secretary of Grenada.”
“I express my warmest congratulations
to Ms. Ruth Rouse
on her new appointment. It is
well deserved. I have every confidence
that her tenure as secretary
to the cabinet would prove
fruitful and rewarding,” said
Claude Sylvester.
According to a statement from
the Office of the Prime Minister
in Grenada, Rouse was appointed
the new secretary to the Cabinet,
effective Jan. 6, 2020.
“Ms. Rouse has a long and distinguished
public service career,
having recently served as permanent
secretary in the Ministry of
Legal Affairs and since joining
the Grenada Public Service in
1982,” the statement said.
Since joining the Grenada
Foreign Service in 1982, Rouse
has served in various capacities,
including: Permanent Secretary
(Acting) Ministry of Legal Affairs,
Grenada (2007 – 2008); Ambassador
/ Permanent Representative
of Grenada to the United Nations
(2004 – 2007); High Commissioner
for Grenada to the Court of
St. James’s (U.K.) (1999 – 2004);
Elizabeth Ruth Rouse, Grenada’s new Cabinet Secretary.
Elizabeth Ruth Rouse
Non-Resident High Commissioner
to the Republic of South Africa
(2000-2005); Chief of Protocol
to the Government of Grenada
(1996 – 1999); and in a regional
capacity at the Organization of
Eastern Caribbean States High
Commission in Ottawa, Canada
(1990 – 1996).
Rouse holds a Master of Arts
(distinction) in Diplomatic Studies
from the University of Westminster,
United Kingdom, and a
Bachelor of Arts in French and
Spanish from Carleton University,
Canada.
She has completed 34 years
in the Public Service of Grenada
and is the recipient of the 1998
Independence Award for Exemplary
Public Service.
Rouse said she takes pleasure
in serving her country, as well as
the wider objective of “creating a
safer world in which all humanity
can live.”
Her motto is: “What man has
done, man can do!”
Grenadians congratulate their
country’s new cabinet secretary
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