Hazel Anne Marie Manning is a former

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politician. She entered the

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as a

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Senator after the 2001 general election. Senator Manning served as Minister of Education of Trinidad and Tobago and subsequently as Minister of Local Government. She is also the widow of former Prime Minister

Patrick Manning Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 M ...

. She was born in the southern city of San Fernando and received her secondary education at St. Joseph's Convent, San Fernando. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the

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in the social sciences. She subsequently obtained a postgraduate diploma in administration. She and Patrick Manning were married in 1972. They have two sons,

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and David. Her career has included working in various agencies, including the Town and Country Planning Division of the Ministry of Planning and Development, where she was head of its research unit. She also worked for several years as a

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