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Damian Lyder
Damian Lyder is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the United National Congress. Political career He was appointed to the Senate as an opposition senator after the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election. Lyder attempted to be screened for selection to be the candidate for Cumuto/Manzanilla in the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election, but he was not selected. Personal life His wife Stacy Roopnarine was Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure in the People's Partnership The People's Partnership (PP) was a political coalition in Trinidad and Tobago among five political parties: the United National Congress (UNC), the Congress of the People (COP), the Tobago Organization of the People (TOP), Movement for Social ... government. They married in 2012. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyder, Damian Year of birth unknown Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago) United National Congress politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the elder" or "old man") and therefore considered wiser and more experienced members of the society or ruling class. However the Roman Senate was not the ancestor or predecessor of modern parliamentarism in any sense, because the Roman senate was not a de jure legislative body. Many countries have an assembly named a ''senate'', composed of ''senators'' who may be election, elected, appointed, have inheritance, inherited the title, or gained membership by other methods, depending on the country. Modern senates typically serve to provide a chamber of "sober second thought" to consider legislation passed by a lower house, whose members are usually elected. Most senates have asymmetrical duties and powers compared w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Trinidad And Tobago
The Senate of Trinidad and Tobago is the appointed upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, along with the President and House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate currently sits at the Red House. The Senate has 31 members all appointed by the President: 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 on the discretion of the President from outstanding persons who represent other sectors of civil society. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate, is elected from among the Senators who are not Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries. A senator must be at least 25 years old and a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. The current President of the Senate is Senator Nigel de Freitas. As of 20 April 2021, there are only 13 female senators, or 41.9% and 6 Tobagonian senators or 19.4%. The Senate made history o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United National Congress
The United National Congress ( UNC or UNCTT) is one of two major political parties in Trinidad and Tobago. The UNC is a Centre-left politics, centre-left party. It was founded in 1989 by Basdeo Panday, a Trinidadian lawyer, economist, trade unionist, and actor after a split in the ruling National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR). After spending six years in opposition, the UNC won control of the government in 1995, initially in coalition with the NAR and later on its own. In the 2000 Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2000 general election, the UNC won an absolute majority in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Parliament. In 2001, a split in the party caused the UNC to lose its parliamentary majority and control of the government. From 2001 to 2010, the UNC was once again Parliamentary Opposition party. In May 2010, the UNC returned to government as the majority party in the People's Partnership. The UNC's Political Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, was sworn in as the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate (Trinidad And Tobago)
The Senate of Trinidad and Tobago is the appointed upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, along with the President of Trinidad and Tobago, President and House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago), House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate currently sits at the The Red House (Trinidad and Tobago), Red House. The Senate has 31 members all appointed by the Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago, President: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister, 6 Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago), Leader of the Opposition and 9 Independent Senators appointed on the discretion of the President from outstanding persons who represent other sectors of civil society. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, President of the Senate, is elected from among the Senators who are not Ministers or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Trinidad And Tobago General Election
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 August 2020, to elect 41 members to the 12th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament. It was the 14th election since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 and the 22nd national election in Trinidad and Tobago. The result was a victory for the incumbent People's National Movement, which received 49.05% of the vote and won 22 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives.Results of the Parliamentary Election Held on Monday 7 September 2015 EBCTT Background |
Cumuto/Manzanilla
Cumuto/Manzanilla is a parliamentary constituency in Trinidad and Tobago. Geography The constituency contains the towns of Cumuto Cumuto is a town on the island of Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located east of Sangre Grande and south of Arima. It lies within the Sangre Grande region. History Between 1940 and 1956 much of Cumuto was part of the American army bas ... and Manzanilla. It had an electorate of 28,152 as of 2015. Members Elections References {{coord missing, Trinidad and Tobago Constituencies of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago Constituencies established in 2007 2007 establishments in Trinidad and Tobago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Trinidad And Tobago General Election
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 April 2025 to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives. President Christine Kangaloo, on the advice of Prime Minister Stuart Young, dissolved parliament and issued the writs for election on 18 March 2025. This was the first election after the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) redrew the boundaries for 16 constituencies, and renamed five of them. Seventeen political parties and three independents contested the election. The United National Congress won 26 seats, forming a majority government, with its leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar becoming Prime Minister for the second time since she was elected leader in 2010. The governing People's National Movement led by former Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Stuart Young as Prime Ministerial candidate won 13 seats, losing power and becoming the opposition. The Tobago People's Party led by Tobago House of Assembly Chief Minister Farley Augustine won both Tobago s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
