Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Senate | |
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| Leadership | |
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Hon. Christine Kangaloo (People's National Movement)
Since 07 September 2015 |
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Hon. Sen. Nigel De Freitas
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 31 |
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Political groups
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Government
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| Meeting place | |
| The Waterfront, Hyatt, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad | |
| Website | |
| http://www.ttparliament.org/ | |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Senate is the appointed upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. The Senate has 31 members: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, 6 Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition and 9 Independent Senators appointed by the President to represent other sectors of civil society. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate, is usually elected from the Government benches. A senator must be at least 25 years old.
Contents
Senators
President of the Senate
Sen The Hon. Christine Kangaloo
Independent Senators
- Sen. Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir
- Sen. Ian Roach
- Sen. David Small
- Sen. Stephen Creese
- Sen. Paul Richards
- Sen. Sophia Chote SC
- Sen. Taurel Shrikissoon
- Sen. Melissa Ramkissoon
- Sen. Jennifer Raffoul
Government Senators
- Sen. Nigel De Freitas - (Senate Vice-President)
- Sen. Franklin Khan - (Leader of Government Business in the Senate & Minister of Rural Development and Local Government)
- Sen. Clarence Rambharat - (Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries)
- Sen. Dennis Moses - (Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs)
- Sen. Jennifer Baptiste-Primus - (Minister of Labour & Small Enterprises Development)
- Sen. Paula Gopee-Scoon - (Minister of Trade and Industry)
- Sen. Avinash Singh - (Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries)
- Sen. Dr. Lester Henry
- Sen. Daniel Dookie
- Sen. Mike Coppin
- Sen. Foster Cummings
- Sen. Allison Baksh
- Sen. Hafeez Ali
- Sen. Sara Budhu
- Sen. Nadine Stewart
Opposition Senators
- Sen. Wade Mark (Opposition Chief Whip in the Senate)
- Sen. Vasant Bharath
- Sen. Khadijah Ameen
- Sen. Danny Solomon
- Sen. Wayne Sturge
- Sen. Rodger Samuel
See also
- President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
- Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
- House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
- Elections in Trinidad and Tobago
- List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
- Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
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