Tara Rivers is a

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politician, currently the Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs, and previously the Minister of Education.

Career

At the age of 15, she received a

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from

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. She attended

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, where she studied psychology. Rivers then went to

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, where she earned a degree in law at

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and a

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(MBA) at

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. Following graduation, Rivers initially worked as a lawyer in London, before moving back to the Cayman Islands where she became a

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. During that period, she was involved in the national youth policy and helped to set up the Women’s Resource Centre. She stood for election at the

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, in the West Bay South. Following election, she was named as the Minister for Education. During her time as Education Minister, there was a 42% increase in the number of students undertaking scholarships within the Cayman Islands. Following re-election at the 2017 general election, she became the new Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs. She spoke of the issues with Cayman banks foreclosing on loans in November 2017. She was one of several Cayman politicians who had fake

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pages set up in order to solicit money from followers.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers, Tara Living people Caymanian women in politics Members of the Parliament of the Cayman Islands 21st-century British women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Education ministers of the Cayman Islands Finance ministers of the Cayman Islands Interior ministers of the Cayman Islands Female interior ministers