FINAL DEPARTURE FROM POST - AMBASSADOR MARY MARTIN

UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000034 SIPDIS DEPT. FOR WHA/CAR DEPT. FOR PER/CDA/SL/PAS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT PGOV PREL BB XL SUBJECT: FINAL DEPARTURE FROM POST - AMBASSADOR MARY MARTIN OURISMAN ¶1. Ambassador Mary Martin Ourisman departed post on Friday, January 16, 2009, at 12:46 p.m. local time for return to Washington, D.C. ¶2. The Transfer of Office certificate has been signed by Ambassador Mary Ourisman and Charge d'Affaires David Brent Hardt as follows; a signed original is filed with post's permanent records. Begin text: The undersigned jointly certify that on January 16, 2009 Mary Martin Ourisman, U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, relinquished charge of The Embassy of the United States of America at Bridgetown, Barbados and that David Brent Hardt assumed charge. //S// Mary Martin Ourisman U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean //S// ¶D. Brent Hardt Charge d'Affaires, ad interim End text. HARDT