Ignatius Joachim Karl Hood | |
Office: | High Commissioner of Grenada to the United Kingdom |
Primeminister: | Keith Mitchell |
Term Start: | 8 January 2016 |
Predecessor: | Joslyn Whiteman |
Office2: | [1] |
Primeminister2: | Keith Mitchell |
Term End2: | 8 January 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Joslyn Whiteman |
Successor2: | Denis Godwin Antoine |
Office3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister3: | Tillman Thomas |
Term Start3: | 26 November 2010 |
Term End3: | 18 May 2012 |
Predecessor3: | Peter David |
Successor3: | Tillman Thomas |
Office4: | Minister of Labour, Social Security and Ecclesiastical Affairs |
Primeminister4: | Tillman Thomas |
Term Start4: | July 9, 2008, 2008 |
Term End4: | 26 November 2010 |
Successor4: | Glynis Roberts |
Office5: | Member of Parliament for St. George South-East |
Term Start5: | 8 July 2008 |
Term End5: | 13 February 2013 |
Predecessor5: | Gregory Bowen |
Successor5: | Gregory Bowen |
Birth Place: | Happy Hill, Saint George, Grenada |
Nationality: | Grenadian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress (before 2013)New National Party (2013-present) |
Alma Mater: | West Indies School of Theology Nyack College Newport University |
Occupation: | Religious leader Optician politician |
Ignatius Joachim Karl Hood, known as Karl Hood, is a politician from the island nation of Grenada. He served as an MP, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Ecclesiastical Affairs (2008-2010) and as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010-2012) in a government led by former prime minister Tillman Thomas. He resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 May 2012 after he abstained from a no-confidence vote against the government two days earlier. He currently serves as Grenada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[2]