Christine Kangaloo

Christine Kangaloo
Kangaloo in 2008
7th President of Trinidad and Tobago
Assumed office
20 March 2023[1]
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Senate PresidentNigel de Freitas
Preceded byPaula-Mae Weekes
President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
23 September 2015 – 17 January 2023
PresidentAnthony Carmona
Paula-Mae Weekes
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Preceded byRaziah Ahmed
Succeeded byNigel de Freitas
Member of the Senate
In office
23 September 2015 – 17 January 2023
Succeeded byRichie Sookhai
Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education
In office
8 November 2007 – 25 May 2010
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Preceded byMustapha Abdul-Hamid
Succeeded byFazal Karim
Member of Parliament for Pointe-à-Pierre
In office
5 November 2007 – 8 April 2010[2]
Preceded byGillian Lucky
Succeeded byErrol McLeod
Minister of Legal Affairs
In office
14 May 2005 – 7 November 2007
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Preceded byPeter Taylor
Succeeded byPrakash Ramadhar
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister (Social Services Delivery)
In office
15 October 2002 – 13 May 2005
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Vice-President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
5 April 2002 – 28 August 2002
Senate PresidentLinda Baboolal
Preceded byWade Mark
Succeeded byRawle Titus
Opposition Senator
In office
12 January 2001 – 13 October 2001
Personal details
Born (1961-12-01) 1 December 1961 (age 63)[3]
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Federation, British Empire[3]
Political partyIndependent (2015–present)[a]
Other political
affiliations
People's National Movement (2001–2015)
Spouse
Kerwyn Garcia
(m. 1998)
[3]
Alma mater
Profession
  • Politician
  • lawyer

Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT (born 1 December 1961)[5] is a Trinidadian politician, who is the president of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023.

  1. ^ Haynes, Kejan (2 March 2023). "Kangaloo inauguration set for March 20th". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Trinidad gov't dissolves parliament for election". Reuters. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2020.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b c "The President | The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago".
  4. ^ Webb, Yvonne (8 January 2023). "Attorney Kerwyn Garcia on life with presidential nominee: 'I'm always Mr Christine Kangaloo' - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday". newsday.co.tt. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ Taitt, Ria (7 January 2023). "FROM RED HOUSE TO PRESIDENT'S HOUSE". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 22 January 2023.


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