Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards (born 1936) is a Trinidadian doctor and the former

First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago The first lady of Trinidad and Tobago is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Trinidad and Tobago and the first gentleman of Trinidad and Tobago to the husband of the president of Trinidad and Tobago, a position created in 1976. Th ...

from 2003 until 2013. She was born in San Fernando and was educated at Naparima Girls' High School and Naparima College before attending

medical school A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, M ...

in Ireland. She is married to former President George Maxwell Richards and has two children. She is a cousin of former President Noor Hassanali and Olympian

Manny Ramjohn Manny L. Ramjohn (15 November 1915 – 23 January 1998) was an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, born in San Fernando, and educated at Naparima College in San Fernando. A long-distance runner (5,000 m and 10,000 m), Ramjohn was the first to wi ...

. In addition to her duties as wife of the President, Dr. Ramjohn-Richards worked as an Anaesthetist at the Mount Hope Maternity Hospital at Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, where she has practiced since its opening in 1980. Her husband took office in March 2003.

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