Kamla Persad-Bissessar

The Rt Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar PBS SC MP (born 22 April 1952) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer and  politician who has been the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago since 1 May 2025. She was prime minister before from 26 May 2010 to 9 September 2015. She was the country's first female Prime Minister, Attorney General, and Leader of the Opposition. PNM lose to Peoples Partnership in Trinidad elections 2010]. ttgapers.com 24 May 2010.Skard, Torild (2014) "Kamla Persad-Bissessar" in Women of power – half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press , pp. 271–3 She is also the first woman to be a prime minister in a country outside of India and South Asia.

After leading the UNC to victory in the 2025 general elections, Persad-Bissessar was again sworn in as prime minister on 1 May 2025.

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