Fitzgerald Ethelbert Hinds is a

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politician from the

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(PNM).

Career

Hinds is an attorney-at-law by profession. He is also a former policeman. Hinds was first elected to the

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in the 1995 Trinidad and Tobago general election as Laventille East/Morvant MP. He served in the Opposition until 2001 when he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Administration and Information. He later served in the Ministry of National Security and also in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He was not selected as a candidate for the

2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November 2007. Nomination day was 15 October. Five parties contested the elections; the ruling People's National Movement, the official opposition United National Congress–Alliance (a co ...

and re-entered private life. In 2013, he was appointed to the

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Keith Rowley Keith Christopher Rowley (born 24 October 1949) is a Trinidadian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2025. He was the leader the People's National Movement (PNM) from 2010 to 2025 and was ...

. Following the PNM victory in the

2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 September 2015. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on 13 June 2015. The result was a victory for the opposition People's National Move ...

, he was appointed Minister of Works and Transport, then Minister of Public Utilities, then Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and, then again, as Minister of Public Utilities. In 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 ...

, he was elected to the

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. Hinds was appointed Minister of Youth Development and National Service. By April 2021, he was appointed National Security Minister. He stood down at 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 ...

. He was succeeded by

Kareem Marcelle Kareem Marcelle (born 1995) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the People's National Movement (PNM). He has been MP for Laventille West in the House of Representatives since 2025. Early life and education Marcelle comes from Beetham ...

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