Kenn George

Kenneth Suggeet George II (born June 25, 1948 in Midland, Texas) is an American businessman, politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from September 2, 2019 to January 20, 2021.

In this capacity, George was involved in the formulation of the Caribbean Basin Initiative, experience which led to his selection as ambassador to Uruguay.

In the additional role as the Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, George chaired an inter-agency committee that oversees the operations of the CBI.

[5] As a state lawmaker, George sided with conservatives in seeking lower taxes, local control over education, and an improved business climate.

[5] George's Republican credentials began in 1964, when as a sixteen-year-old he volunteered in Midland to work in the unsuccessful Barry Goldwater presidential bid against President Lyndon B. Johnson.

He was an early supporter of George W. Bush, having been part of the unsuccessful congressional race in 1978 against then Democrat and later Republican Kent Hance, the former chancellor of Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Representatives Pete Sessions and Jeb Hensarling, then Texas Governor Rick Perry, and unsuccessful 1990 candidates Jack Rains, who contested the gubernatorial nomination against Kent Hance, Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., and Robert Mosbacher, Jr., the Houston businessman who challenged Democrat Bob Bullock for lieutenant governor that same year.

The suit contends that George and Goolsby filed a false voter complaint against Miller with the Dallas County district attorney.