Worldwide
Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Female
local suffrage 1914 (not electable), 1927 right to vote but not to stand to the
Legislative Council for women with a certain income, universal suffrage 1945,
though with some income-limitations until 1956). A former British Colony it
became independent 1962 and a republic 1976
See also Parliament and Tobago’s Government
1961-63
Parliamentary Secretary of Local Government for Health, Water and Sanitation
Isabella U. Teshea
1963-66 Parliamentary Secretary of Health
1966-70 Minister of Health and Housing
(1971-75 Minister of Education and Culture)
Vice-chairperson of People’s National Movement
1956-61,
Ambassador to Ethiopia and Zambia
1970-71, Ambassador to Guyana
1974-77
and to
Senegal
1975-76. She lived (1911-81)
1961-66 Parliamentary Secretary of Public Relations Vena Crichlow
1966-72
Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Premier
1972-76
Parliamentary Secretary of Works Muriel Donawa-McDavidsen
1976-78 Minister in the Ministry of Prime Minister
1978-81 Minister in the Ministry of Education and Culture
1981 Minister in the Ministry of Community Development and Local Government
1981-82 Minister in the Ministry of the Prime Minister
1982 Minister in the Ministry of Community Development and Local Government
1982 Minister in the Ministry of Finance
MP 1966-91 and lived (1929-2001)
1978 Minister in the Ministry of Finance
1978-79 Minister in the Ministry of Industry and Trade
1979-81 Minister of Transport (Senator)
1981 Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth
1981-82 Minister of Transport
1982-85 Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth
1985 Minister of Education
1976-78
Parliamentary Secretary of Education and Culture
Elmina Clarke-Allen
1978-81 Parliamentary Secretary of Industry
1981 Parliamentary Secretary of Labour
1981 Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Welfare
1981-86 Minister in the Ministry of Housing
Sometime Senator, and lived (1925-2000)
1978-79
Parliamentary Secretary of Finance Norma Lewis-Phillip
1979-81 Minister in the Ministry of Finance
1981-82 Minister of Local Government
1982 Minister in the Ministry of Health and Environment
Later – also in 2000 – Vice-Chairperson of People’s National Movement. (d.
2008).
1981-85 Parliamentary Secretary of Information Amoy Mohammed
1985-86 Parliamentary Secretary of Culture and Youth
1981-86
Minister of Information Muriel Greene
1986-87
Parliamentary Secretary of External Affairs, International Trade and Tourism
Gloria Henry
1987 Parliamentary Secretary of Industry, Enterprises and Tourism
1987-91
Minister of Community Development, Welfare and the Status of Women
1990-91 Minister of Education
1987
Minister in the Ministry of Public Utilities and Settlements Pamela Nicholson
1987-91 Minister of Public Utilities and Settlements
1995-98 Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs
Left the governing party in 1999 and became an independent Senator. Former
MP from Tobago.
1987-91
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Jennifer U. Johnson
From 1991 Secretary General of National Alliance for Reconstruction.
1987-91 Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister
Permanent Secretary in The Office of the Prime Minister in 1991.
1990-91
Minister of Women's Affairs Eugenia Jean Pierre
1992-95 Minister of Sports and Youth
1992-95,
2002-03 and 2004-07 Minister of Community Development Joan Yuille-Williams
1992-95, 2002-04 Minister of Culture
1992-95, 2002-03 and 2004-07 Minister of
Women's Affairs
2002 Acting Prime Minister
(02.07-11.07-?)
2003-07 Minister of
Culture
2003 Acting Prime
Minister (27.06-06.07), (in
August), (05-08th of
December)
2004 Acting Prime Minister (March), (August), (September) and (25.10-04.11)
Deputy Leader of the People’s National Movement
since 1996.
Senator 2001-07 and Deputy Opposition Leader
in 2001.
1991-95
Minister of Social Welfare and Consumer's Affairs Linda Baboolal
1995 Minister of Health
Chairperson of People’s National Movement 1996-2001. 2002-07 President of the Senate and Deputy Head of State and acting
State-President in April, July and October 2002 and on many later occations when
the President was out of the country.
There were speculations that the government would nominated her as State
President in 2008, but the incumbent was re-elected.
1992-94
Minister of Information Camille Robinson-Regis
1994-95 Minister of Social Development
1994-95 Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister
1995 Minister of Consumers' Affairs
2001-
2003-07 Minister of
Economic
Planning and Development
2015-
Minister of Planning and Leader of the Government Business in the House of
Representatives
1994-95
Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister
Euralie
James
2001-03, 2004-07 Minister of State of Community Development and Gender Affairs
2003-04
1995-96 Attorney General Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Second in the Cabinet)
1996-99 Minister of Legal Affairs
1999-2001 Minister of Education
2000 Acting Prime
Minister (September)
2001 Attorney General and Minister
of Legal Affairs (Second in Cabinet)
2010-15 Prime Minister
2014-15
Minister of the People and Social Development
First appointed acting premier on the absence of the Premier in September 2000.
Leader of The United National Congesss and Oppostion Leader 2006-07 and 2010 and
Political Leader from 2010. In 2015 her party won the majority of the popular
vote but lost in terms of seats in parliament. (b. 1952-)
1996-99
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources
1999-2001 Minister in the Ministry of Health Vimala
Tota-Maharaj
Senator.
(b. 1956-)
1996-2001
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Settlements Carol Cuffy-Dowlat
Senator
(b. 1957-)
2001 Minister in the Ministry of
Community Empowerment, Sport and Consumer Affairs responsible for Gender, Family
and Consumer Affairs
2001 Acting Prime Minister
After she lost her seat in the Lower House
in the elections, the Prime Minister re-appointed her as senator and Junior
Minister but the President initially refused to accept her and other loosing
candidates’ appointment to the government, but in the end the President gave
in and she and the other ministers were re-appointed. (b. 1944-)
2001 Minister in the Ministry of Food Production
and Marine Resources Dr.
Jennifer Jones-Kernahan
2001 Ministry of Food Production and Marine Resources
Senator and single and mother of a daughter. (b. 1960-)
2001 Cabinet Secretary Zaida Rapnauth
2001-03
Attorney General Senator Glenda Morean (Second in Cabinet)
Ambassador to United Kingdom with
accreditation also to Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Germany from 2003.
2001-07
Minister of Education Hazel Manning
2007-10 Minister of Local Government
Married to Patrick Manning, who was Prime Minister 2001-10.
2001-02
Minister of Culture and Tourism Eudine Job-Davis
2004-05
Minister of State of Community Development,
Culture and Gender Affairs
2001-02 Minister for Social Development, Community Development, Culture and
Gender Affairs and Health and Minister in charge of policy planning and research
development for the social sector
2002-03 Minister of Culture and Tourism
2003-07 Minister of Public Utilities and Environment Penelope Beckles
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative 2007-10, Leader of Opposition
Business the Senate 2010-13 and appointed Ambassador
to the UN in 2016. (b. 1961-).
2001-02 Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister
for Ecclesiastical Affairs Donna Carter
2002-03 Minister of State of Trade and Industry
Diane Seukeran
2003-04 Minister of State of Social Development
and Gender Affairs
2004-07 Minister of State of Trade and Industry
2002-05 Minister in the Office of the Prime
Minister Christine Kangaloo
2005-07 Minister of Legal Affairs and Consumer Affairs
2007-10 Minister of
Science, Technology and Tertiary
Education
Vice-President of the Senate in 2002 and twice acting President of the
Chamber and President from 2015.
2004-07
Minister in the Ministry of Finance for Revenue Christine Sahadeo
2007-09 Attorney General Brigid Annisette-George
Speaker of the House of Representatives
2007-10 Minister of Foreign Affairs Paula Gopee-Scoon
2015- Minister of Trade
and Leader of the Government Business in the Senate
2007-10 Minister of Finance Karen Nunez-Tesheira
2007-10 Minister of Education Esther Le Gendre
2007-10 Minister of Community Development, Gender Affairs and
Culture Marlene Mac Donald
2015- Minister of Housing
2007-10 Minister of Planning, Housing and Environment Dr. Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde
Senator
2007-08 Minister of State of Community Development Donna Cox
2008-10 Minister of State of National Security
2007-10 Minister of State of Social Development Alicia Hospedales
2007-10 Minister of State of Planning, Housing and the Environment Tina Gronlund-Nunez
2010-12 Minister of Energy Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan
2012-15
Minister of Public Administration
2010-11 Minister of Health Therese B Cornelis
2010-11 Minister of Planning and Gender Affairs Mary K. King
2010-12 Minister of Tobago Development Vernella Alleyne-Toppin
2012-15 Minister of State of the People and Social Development
2010-12 Parliamentary Secretary for Sports Stacy Roopnarine
2012-15 Minister in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure
2015 Minister
of State in the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development
MP from 2010.
(b. 1984-)
2010-12 Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Culture Nela Khan
Deputy Speaker of the
House of Representatives
from 2012.
2010-12 Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Gender affairs
Ramona Ramdial
2012-15 Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and
Water Resources
2011-12 Minister of Youth, Child Development and Gender Affairs Verna St Rose Greaves
2011-12 Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Communications Nicole Dyer-Griffith
2012-13 Minister of Youth, Child Development and Gender Affairs
Marlene Coudray
2013-15 Minister of Local Government
Deputy Political Leader of the United National Congress
2012-13 Minister of Justice Christlyn Moore
Senator 2012-13
2013-15 Minister in the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child
Development Raziah Ahmed
2015 Minister of Social Development and the
People Christine Nawal Hosein
2015- Minister of Social Development Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn
2015- Minister of Tourism Shamfa Cudjoe
2015- Minister of Energy Nicole Olivierre
2015- Minister of Labour Jennifer Baptiste-Primus2
2015- Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy
Last update 10.10.16