Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs in new TnT Cabinet sworn in Friday
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Keith Rowley has named Senator Dennis Moses as Foreign and CARICOM Minister in his Cabinet of Ministers, most of whom were sworn in on Friday.
See full Cabinet of Ministers –
Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries- Senator Clarence Rambharat
Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs – Stuart Young,
Minister of Communications – Maxie Cuffie, MP for La Horquetta/ Talparo
Minister of Community Development – Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, MP St Ann’s East
Minister of Education – Anthony Garcia, MP Arima
Minister of Energy and Energy Ministries – Nicole Olivierre, MP La Brea.
Minister of Finance – Colm Imbert, MP of Deigo Martin North/ East
Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs – Senator Dennis Moses
Minister of Health – Terrence Deyalsingh, MP St Joseph
Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Marlene McDonald, MP Port of Spain South
Minister of Labour – Senator Jennifer Baptiste-Primus
Minister of Planning and Development – Camille Robinson-Regis, MP Arouca/ Maloney
Minister of Public Administration – Randall Mitchell, MP San Fernando East
Minister of Public Utilities – Brigadier Ancil Antoine, MP D’Abadie/ Omera
Minister of Rural Development – Senator Franklin Khan
Minister of Social Development and Family Service – Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn, MP Lopinot/ Bon Air West
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs – Darryl Smith, MP Diego Martin Central
Minister of Tourism – Shamfa Cudjoe, MP Tobago West
Minister of Trade and Industry – Paula Gopee-Scoon
Minister of Works and Transport – Fitzgerald Hinds, MP Laventille West
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy, MP Tobago East
Appointed on Wednesday – Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon. Attorney General Faris Al Rawi
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries – Senator Avinash Singh
CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES
Seven Government ministries which were introduced or modified under the People’s Partnership were removed by the PNM administration.
Those axed were the Ministry of the People; Ministry of Gender; Ministry of Youth and Child Development; Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education; Ministry of Food Production; Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Ministry of National Diversity and Social Integration.
Seven other ministries were revised. The Ministries of Works and Infrastructure were combined by the PNM to form a Ministry of Works and Transport, and the Ministry Local Government was combined with a new ministry of Rural Development.
The new Government reintroduced the ministries of Agriculture, and Ministry of Social Development.