Howard Cooke

His Excellency The Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke ON GCMG GCVO CD K.St.J
Governor-General of Jamaica
In office 1991–2006
Preceded by	Edward Zacca (acting)
Succeeded by	Kenneth Hall
Personal details
Born	Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke (1915-11-13)13 November 1915 Goodwill, St. James, Jamaica
Died	11 July 2014(2014-07-11) (aged 98) Kingston, Jamaica
Spouse	Ivy Sylvia Lucille Tai
Alma mater	University of London
Occupation	Former educator, Politician and Governor General

The Late His Excellency Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke, ON, GCMG, GCVO, CD, K.St.J (13 November 1915 – 11 July 2014) was the Governor-General of Jamaica from 1 August 1991 until 15 February 2006 when he became the first governor-general to invest his own successor, His Excellency Professor The Most Honourable Sir Kenneth Octavius Hall.

In his early life he was a teacher, becoming president of the Jamaica Union of Teachers. He also worked in the insurance industry. He became a member of the parliament of the West Indies Federation in 1958, and then the independent Jamaican parliament as a Senator and a Member of the House of Representatives after 1962. He was a minister in the government of Michael Manley during the 1970s and President of the Senate from 1989 to 1991. Cooke died at the age of 98 on 11 July 2014 in Kingston, Jamaica.