Ravi Ratiram is a Trinidad and Tobago politician representing the

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(UNC). He was a Member of Parliament in the

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for

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in the 2020 general election. He is the current party organiser for the UNC.

Early life

His mother was a homemaker and his father was a car salesman and taxi driver. He attended Rousillac Hindu Primary School, Point Fortin Senior Comprehensive School, Siparia Senior Comprehensive School, and San Fernando Technical Institute. Ratiram then studied at the

University of the West Indies at St. Augustine The University of the West Indies at St. Augustine is a public university, public research institute, research university in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of 5 general campuses in the University of the West Indies system, which a ...

, where he received a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering. He was president of the Engineering Students’ Society and later served as vice president and then president of the Guild of Students at UWI. He has an MBA in leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation from the

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. He also received a certificate in global leadership from the

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. He worked at the Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company early in his career and then later worked as the deputy general manager at the

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Political career

Ratiram was appointed as a temporary Government Senator in the

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from 20 September 2010 to 21 September 2010. He contested the constituency of La Brea in the 2007 general election and the constituency of

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in the 2015 general election. He has been a member of the National Executive of the

since 28 November 2015, when he was elected as the party organiser. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the

for

on 19 August 2020 in the 2020 general election. After the

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, he joined the Senate as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Personal life

Ratiram is separated from his wife and has two daughters. He is a cancer survivor, as he was diagnosed with

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tire ...

in 1996. He is a soca artist.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ratiram, Ravi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago) Members of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago) United National Congress politicians University of the West Indies alumni Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago politicians Government ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian people Trinidad and Tobago politicians of Indian descent