Nigel de Freitas
Nigel de Freitas | |
|---|---|
| President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Kangaloo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 |
Nigel de Freitas is a Trinidadian politician from People's National Movement.[1] He is the current president of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago.[2] He took office in January 2023.[3][4]
He was born in 1979.[5] He attended Bishops High School in Tobago. He got a bachelor's degree in marine and freshwater biology from University of Guelph, Canada.[6]
He was appointed as a government senator on 23 September 2015.[1] He was subsequently elected as vice president of the Senate.[6] He was minister in the ministry of agriculture, land and fisheries from 16 March 2022[7] to January 2023, when he was elected president of the Senate.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nigel de Freitas – Parliament". 3 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03.
- ^ "Senator the Honourable Nigel de Freitas sworn in as Acting President | The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago". The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
- ^ "Nigel de Freitas elected Senate President | Loop Trinidad & Tobago". Loop News.
- ^ "Nigel de Freitas". Trinidad Express Newspapers. 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago - Senate". IPU.
- ^ a b "Senator the Honourable Nigel de Freitas". Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
- ^ "Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Senator The Honorable Nigel De Freitas". Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries.
- ^ Rampersad, Shar-Lene. "Mark knocks choice of De Freitas as new Senate President". www.guardian.co.tt.
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