Damian Lyder is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the

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Political career

He was appointed to the

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as an opposition senator after the

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 ...

. Lyder attempted to be screened for selection to be the candidate for

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in the

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 ...

, but he was not selected.

Personal life

His wife

Stacy Roopnarine Stacy Roopnarine is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the United National Congress. Career She was MP for Oropouche West in the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2015. At 25, she was the youngest candidate. She was Minister of State i ...

was Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure in the

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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 politicians 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago politicians