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Kamla Persad-Bissessar PM of Trinidad and Tobago
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad Bissessar, was the chief guest of this year's 10th Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas held in Jaipur from January 7 - January 10, 2012.. Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. She was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26, 2010 as the political leader of the United National Congress.
Kamla Persad Bissessar was also the first woman to serve as Attorney General, acting
Prime Minister , Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago. She became
Political Leader of the United National Congress and Opposition in 2010. Kamla Persad-Bissessar's ancestors originally hail from Buxar
, Bihar, India .Her ancestors migrated from Bihar to the Caribbean islands in the 19th century as Girmitiya labourers to Trinidad
and Tobago.
Kamla Persad graduated from Iere High School and went to
the University of the West Indies , Norwood Technical College
(England ) and the Hugh Wooding Law School. She was awarded a B.A. (Hons.), a Diploma in Education, a
B.A. of Laws (Hons.) and a Legal Education Certificate. In 2006 she
obtained an Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA) from the
Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad.
On completion of her studies, Mrs. Persad-Bissessar entered the teaching
profession. While in England pursuing studies, she worked as a social
worker with the Church of England Children’s Society of London. She taught at the St. Andrew
High School in Kingston, Jamaica and at the Mona Campus in Jamaica. Later, she taught at the St. Augustine campus of
the University of the West Indies in Trinidad. At the Jamaica College of Insurance she was also a Consultant Lecturer. Her next step was to
lecture at a Tertiary Education institution. After lecturing for a total
of six years, Mrs. Persad-Bissessar then became a full-time Attorney-at-Law.
Kamla Persad was the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and is also the first female Commonwealth
Chairperson- in-Office. She was succeeded as Chairperson-in-Office by
Julia Gillard with the opening of the 2011 CHOGM on 28 October 2011
.Kamla Persad-Bissessar is married to Dr. Gregory Bissessar and has one son. |
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