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Nigel de Freitas is a Trinidadian politician from
People's National Movement The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active Politics of Trinidad and Tobago, political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's hist ...
. He was
president of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the Speaker (politics), speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's Order of succession, succes ...
of
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...
in 2023–2025. He was born in 1979. He attended Bishops High School in
Tobago Tobago, officially the Ward of Tobago, is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger islan ...
. He got a bachelor's degree in marine and freshwater biology from
University of Guelph The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive Public university, public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College (1874), the MacDonald I ...
, Canada. He was appointed as a government senator on 23 September 2015. He was subsequently elected as vice president of the Senate. He was minister in the ministry of agriculture, land and fisheries from 16 March 2022 to January 2023, when he was elected president of the Senate.


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1979 births Living people Presidents of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago) Agriculture ministers of Trinidad and Tobago 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago politicians People's National Movement politicians University of Guelph alumni {{Trinidad-politician-stub