Camille Robinson-Regis

Camille Robinson-Regis is a lawyer and politician from Trinidad and Tobago.

The Honorable

Camille Robinson-Regis
Minister of Social Development and Family Services
Assumed office
30 December 2019
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Minister of Planning and Development
In office
11 September 2015 – 30 December 2019
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Trinidadian High Commissioner to Canada
In office
2007–2010
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Planning and Development
In office
10 November 2003 – 7 November 2007
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Legal Affairs
In office
26 December 2001 – 9 November 2003
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Consumer Affairs
In office
25 January 1994 – 6 October 1995
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Information
In office
9 January 1992 – 24 January 1994
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning

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 (PNM) and was appointed to the Senate in 1992.[1] She was appointed Minister of Information on 9 January that year, becoming the youngest senator to be appointed to the 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 2015 general 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] She was appointed Minister of Social Development and Family Services on 30 December 2019.[4]

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References
  1. "The Honourable Camille Robinson-Regis, MP". Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. "Honourable Minister". Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Planning and Development. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. "Camille Robinson-Regis: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. "Rowley reshuffles his deck". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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