Camille Robinson-Regis
The Honorable Camille Robinson-Regis | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Planning and Development | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Keith Rowley |
| Trinidadian High Commissioner to Canada | |
| In office 2007–2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Patrick Manning |
| Minister of Planning and Development | |
| In office 10 November 2003 – 7 November 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Patrick Manning |
| Minister of Legal Affairs | |
| In office 26 December 2001 – 9 November 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Patrick Manning |
| Minister of Consumer Affairs | |
| In office 25 January 1994 – 6 October 1995 | |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 9 January 1992 – 24 January 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Patrick Manning |
Camille Robinson-Regis is a lawyer and politician from Trinidad and Tobago
Career
Camille Robinson-Regis attended Bishop Anstey High School before studying law at the University of the West Indies, [[Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago].[1] Robinson-Regis holds a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica.[2] She worked as corporate secretary at the National Flour Mills and was admitted to the bar of Trinidad and Tobago in 1985.[1][2]
Robinson-Regis is a member of the People's National Movement and was appointed to the Senate in 1992.[1] She was appointed Minister of Information on 9 January that year, becoming the youngest member of Prime Minister Patrick Manning's cabinet.[1][2] She became Minister of Consumer Affairs on 25 January 1994, a position she held until 6 October 1995. Robinson-Regis was elected to the House of Representatives for the constituency of Arouca South on 27 November 1995, a seat she held until 2007. The PNM was returned to government in December 2001 and Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Legal Affairs on 26 December. She became Minister of Planning and Development on 10 November 2003 and held that role until 7 November 2007.[1]
From 2007 to 2010 Robinson-Regis served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to Canada.[2] The PNM was in opposition after 2010 and was appointed a temporary senator for the party on 7 February 2012. She became a full senator on 10 December 2013 and remained in the senate until 17 June 2015. She was returned to the House of Representatives for the Arouca/Maloney constituency in the 7 September 2015general election. Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Planning and Development on 11 September 2015.[1] She has been governor of the Caribbean Development Bank since 1 January 2016.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "The Honourable Camille Robinson-Regis, MP". Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Honourable Minister". Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Planning and Development. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Camille Robinson-Regis: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 November 2017.