Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the legislative branch of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The Parliament is bicameral. It consists of the President of Trinidad and Tobago, the House of Representatives, which is composed of the Speaker in addition to 41 directly elected members serving a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, and the Senate which has 31 members appointed by the President: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, 6 Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition and 9 Independent Senators appointed by the President to represent other sectors of civil society. It is currently the only parliament in the world that has a female President, President of the Senate, who is currently the only woman of Indian origin in the world to hold such a position, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
11th Republican Parliament
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Paula-Mae Weekes
since 19 March 2018
Christine Kangaloo, PNM
since 23 September 2015
Nigel DeFreitas, PNM
since 23 September 2015
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Bridgid Annisette-George, PNM
since 23 September 2015
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Esmond Forde, PNM
since 23 September 2015
Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate
Wade Mark, UNC
since 23 September 2015
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, UNC
since 21 September 2015
Structure
Seats72
31 Senators
41 Members of Parliament (MPs)
Senate political groups
Government

Opposition

House of Representatives political groups
Government

Official Opposition

Elections
Appointment by the president on advice of the prime minister (16), at her discretion (9) and opposition leader (6)
House of Representatives voting system
First-past-the-post
House of Representatives last election
10 August 2020
House of Representatives next election
2025
Meeting place
The Red House, Abercromby Street, Downtown, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Website
www.ttparliament.org
Constitution
Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago
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Speaker of the House and President of the Senate
Christine Kangaloo
President of the Senate
since September 23, 2015
Bridgid Annisette-George
Speaker of the House of Representatives
since September 23, 2015

International affiliation(s)
gollark: Wait, where are you getting the flipmints from? The AP?
gollark: > sees "2g saltkin; want any 4 hatchlings" on hub> frantically clicks> notices lack of 4 hatchlings
gollark: Turpentines aren't *that* rare, are they?
gollark: I only have them because they happened to be around in the AP one day.
gollark: This is probably one of those things where publicly open spreadsheets aren't the correct way to go.

See also
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