Kamla Persad-Bissessar

@Prime Minister of Trinidad, Birthday and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kamla Persad-Bissessar is Trinidad and Tobago’s seventh Prime Minister Trinidadian Leaders Political Leaders Prime Ministers Taurus Celebrities Kamla Persad-Bissessar is Trinidad and Tobago’s seventh Prime Minister and the first female to serve as the country’s Prime Minister. Beginning May 26, 2010, she has served as the Prime Minister and as the political leader of the United National Congress, a coalition formed among three of the country’s political parties. She was the first woman to serve as the country’s Attorney General, the first female Chairperson-in-Office and the first female Leader of the Opposition. She began her political career in Trinidad and Tobago as a Member of Parliament, representing the Siparia constituency. In addition, she has also served as the Minister of Education. While she largely keeps her family and personal life private, she is known for speaking on themes of religion and spirituality with an unusually ecumenical perspective. Aside from her achievements as a woman in office, she is widely noted for championing programs to improve her country’s educational system. She is also presented, particularly in campaigns, as a politician who is from a humble, rural background, but who has also pursued a high level of education, attending top schools in the United States

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Birthday: April 22, 1952 Nationality: Trinidadian Famous: Prime Minister of Trinidad, Tobago, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers Hobbies: Reading novels Spouses: Gregory Bissessar Known as: Kamla Persad Bissessar Childrens: Kris Bissessar Information Detail Birthday April 22, 1952 Nationality Trinidadian Famous Prime Minister of Trinidad, Tobago, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers Hobbies Reading novels Spouses Gregory Bissessar Known as Kamla Persad Bissessar Childrens Kris Bissessar Universities University of the West Indies Founder / Co-Founder People's Partnership Birth Place Penal Political Ideology Leader of the Opposition - 25 February 2010 – 25 May 2010, Political party - United National Congress, Other political affiliations - People's Partnership Religion Hinduism Gender Female Sun Sign Taurus Born in Penal Famous as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

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Kamla Persad-Bissessar is married to Dr. Gregory Bissessar and together, they have one son. Unsplash Personal Life

Persad-Bissessar was born on 22 April 1952, in Siparia, a rural community in southern Trinidad. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

As a young girl, she took interest in technology and in reading novels. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She began her studies in 1957 at the rural Mohess Road Hindu School, later studying at Erin Road Presbyterian School and Sibaria Union Presbyterian School. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She graduated from Iere High School, one of the five Presbyterian secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Upon graduation from high school, she pursued further study, first at the University of the West Indies and later at Norwood Technical College (in England), culminating in a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Education. Unsplash Career

Although she was offered a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Columbia University in New York, she instead pursued a degree in law at Hugh Wooding Law School, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in law. Unsplash Career

After completing her studies, she began working as a high school teacher, both in Trinidad and Tobago and in Jamaica. Unsplash Career

Between 1987 and 1991, she worked as the alderman of the St. Patrick County Council. Unsplash Career

On 1 November 1994, she took the Oath of Allegiance to represent the United National Congress in Opposition. Unsplash Career

At 25, she became one of the youngest lecturers to teach at UWI, Mona campus. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

During her studies at Hugh Wooding Law School, she won prizes for Most Outstanding Student and Best Overall Performance. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

During her work as Minister of Education, she successfully established a program of universal secondary education throughout Trinidad and Tobago, creating 32 new schools and changing the standardized entrance test to suit more modernized and appropriate assessment standards. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Perhaps her most widely known achievement is to serve as the first female Prime Minister in the history of Trinidad and Tobago. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

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Birthday	April 22, 1952
Nationality	Trinidadian
Famous	Prime Minister of Trinidad, Tobago, Leaders, Political Leaders, Prime Ministers
Hobbies	Reading novels
Spouses	Gregory Bissessar
Known as	Kamla Persad Bissessar
Childrens	Kris Bissessar
Universities	University of the West Indies
Founder / Co-Founder	People's Partnership
Birth Place	Penal
Political Ideology	Leader of the Opposition - 25 February 2010 – 25 May 2010, Political party - United National Congress, Other political affiliations - People's Partnership
Religion	Hinduism
Gender	Female
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	Penal
Famous as	Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Trinidadian

Apr 22, 1952

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