Trinidad & Tobago - Head of Government

The Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar took office as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago on 26 May 2010 following success at the May general election.

She served as Leader of the Opposition from 25 February 2010 to 25 May 2010, as well as from April 2006 to November 2007.

Ms Persad-Bissessar became a Member of Parliament in 1995 for the Siparia constituency on the United National Congress ticket, and served as Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, and Minister of Education between 1995 and 2001.

Ms Persad-Bissessar pursued a career in education on graduation, teaching at schools and universities in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, before becoming an attorney-at-law.

She has an Executive Master’s in Business Administration from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad and Tobago. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of the West Indies; a Diploma in Education from Norwood Technical College, London, UK; and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms Persad-Bissessar was born on 22 April 1952.

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