Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)

Senate
Type
Type	Upper House
Leadership
President of the Senate	Hon. Christine Kangaloo(People's National Movement) Since 07 September 2015
Vice President of the Senate	Hon. Sen. Nigel De Freitas
Structure
Seats	31

Political groups	Government People's National Movement (16) Opposition United National Congress (6) Independent (9)
Meeting place
The Waterfront, Hyatt, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Website
http://www.ttparliament.org/

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The Senate is the appointed upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. The Senate has 31 members: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, 6 Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition and 9 Independent Senators appointed by the President to represent other sectors of civil society. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate, is usually elected from the Government benches. A senator must be at least 25 years old.

Senators

President of the Senate

Sen The Honorable. Christine Kangaloo

Independent Senators

Sen. Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir
Sen. Ian Roach
Sen. David Small
Sen. Stephen Creese
Sen. Paul Richards
Sen. Sophia Chote SC
Sen. Taurel Shrikissoon
Sen. Melissa Ramkissoon
Sen. Jennifer Raffoul

Government Senators

Sen. Nigel De Freitas - (Senate Vice-President)
Sen. Franklin Khan - (Leader of Government Business in the Senate & Minister of Rural Development and Local Government)
Sen. Clarence Rambharat - (Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries)
Sen. Dennis Moses - (Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs)
Sen. Jennifer Baptiste-Primus - (Minister of Labour & Small Enterprises Development)
Sen. Paula Gopee-Scoon - (Minister of Trade and Industry)
Sen. Avinash Singh - (Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries)
Sen. Dr. Lester Henry
Sen. Daniel Dookie
Sen. Mike Coppin
Sen. Foster Cummings
Sen. Allison Baksh
Sen. Hafeez Ali
Sen. Sara Budhu
Sen. Nadine Stewart

Opposition Senators

Sen. Wade Mark (Opposition Chief Whip in the Senate)
Sen. Vasant Bharath
Sen. Khadijah Ameen
Sen. Danny Solomon
Sen. Wayne Sturge
Sen. Rodger Samuel

External links

Official website

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