Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Appearance
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![]() Persad-Bissessar in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 1 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Christine Kangaloo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Stuart Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 26 May 2010 – 9 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Patrick Manning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Keith Rowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7th Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 21 September 2015 – 1 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prime Minister | Keith Rowley Stuart Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Keith Rowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Pennelope Beckles-Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4th Political Leader of the United National Congress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 24 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Basdeo Panday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Kamla Susheila Persad[5] 22 April 1952 Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | United National Congress (1994–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | National Alliance for Reconstruction (1987–1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gregory Bissessar (m. 1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Phillipine, Penal-Debe, Trinidad and Tobago[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards | Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (2012) |
The Rt Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar PBS SC MP (born 22 April 1952[7]) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer and politician who has been the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago since 1 May 2025. She was prime minister before from 26 May 2010 to 9 September 2015. She was the country's first female Prime Minister, Attorney General, and Leader of the Opposition.[8][9] She is also the first woman to be a prime minister in a country outside of India and South Asia.
After leading the UNC to victory in the 2025 general elections, Persad-Bissessar was again sworn in as prime minister on 1 May 2025.[10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, New Chair of CARICOM, Opens Conference of Heads of Government". 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ↑ "End of Year Message by the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)". 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, New Chair of CARICOM, Opens Conference of Heads of Government". 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ↑ "PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, New Chair of CARICOM, Opens Conference of Heads of Government". 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ↑ "A LEADER'S JOURNEY, Part 2: The Young Kamla Susheila Persad". 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ↑ "Kamla house project ongoing". Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ↑ Sookraj, Radhica (26 May 2010). "Kamla came from humble beginnings". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) PNM lose to Peoples Partnership in Trinidad elections 2010]. ttgapers.com 24 May 2010. - ↑ Skard, Torild (2014) "Kamla Persad-Bissessar" in Women of power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0, pp. 271–3
- ↑ Kissoon, Carolyn (2025-05-01). "PM pledges love, justice, and transformation". Trinidad and Tobago Express. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
Other websites
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