Kazim Hosein is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the

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Career

As a teenager, Hosein started work in the office of the San Fernando Borough Corporation (SFBC). Both he and his father, Rakeeb Hosein, were mayors of San Fernando. He was head of the San Fernando City Corporation’s hurricane relief campaign in

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. In 2016 he was appointed to the

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, where he was the only Muslim in the Cabinet. In March 2022, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries. Until then he was Minister of Rural Development and Local Government.

References

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