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Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC MP ( pronounced [kəmlɑː prəsɑːd̪-biseːsər] ( listen ⓘ); born Kamla Susheila Persad, [5] 22 April 1952), [7] often referred to by her initials KPB, is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer, politician and educator who is the Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago ...
Education in Trinidad and Tobago is free and is largely and primarily based on the British education system, compulsory between ages 5 and 16. Trinidad and Tobago is considered one of the most literate countries in the World with a literacy rate exceeding 98%. [2] This exceptionally high literacy rate can be attributed, in part, to free tuition ...
Education. She graduated from St. Augustine Girls’ High School and The University of the West Indies. Career. In 2015 she was appointed Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts. In 2020 she became Minister of Education. In January 2023, she was appointed a PNM deputy political leader. She had been Vice Chairman.
Eric Eustace Williams TC CH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August 1976, leading an unbroken string of general elections victories with his ...
Alma mater. University of the West Indies. Keith Christopher Rowley MP, (born 24 October 1949) is a Trinidadian politician serving as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, first elected into office on 9 September 2015 and again following the 2020 general election. [6]
The politics of Trinidad and Tobago function within the framework of a unitary state regulated by a parliamentary democracy modelled on that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, from which the country gained its independence in 1962. Under the 1976 republican Constitution, the monarch was replaced as head of state by a ...
Minister of Education: Tim Gopeesingh Minister of Health: Fuad Khan Minister of National Security: Emmanuel George Minister of Communications: Jamal Mohammed Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development: Marlene Coudray Minister of Transport: Chandresh Sharma Minister of Tobago Development: Delmon Baker Minister of Local Government Works and ...
University of Nottingham. Stuart Richard Young is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and attorney, representing the People's National Movement (PNM). He has served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West since the 2015 general election. He is the current Minister of Energy and Energy ...