Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Senate | |
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Upper House |
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Hon. James Lambert | |
| Seats | 31 |
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| The Waterfront, Hyatt, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad | |
| Website | |
| http://www.ttparliament.org/ | |
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The Senate is the appointed upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. The Senate has 31 members: 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. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate, is usually elected from the Government benches. A senator must be at least 25 years old.
Senators
President of the Senate
Sen The Hon. Raziah Ahmed
Independent Senators
- Sen. Joy Abdul-Mohan
- Sen. Dr Rolph Balgobin
- Sen. Helen Drayton
- Sen. Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir
- Sen. Elton Prescott, SC
- Sen. Hugh Russell Ian Roach
- Sen. David Small
- Sen. Anthony Vieira
- Sen. Dr Victor Wheeler
Government Senators
- Sen. James Lambert (Senate Vice President)
- Sen. Ganga Singh (Leader of Government Business in the Senate)
- Sen. Garvin Nicholas
- Sen. Vasant Bharath
- Sen. Larry Howai
- Sen Carl Alfonso
- Sen. Devant Maharaj
- Sen. Fazal Karim
- Sen. Christine Newello-Hosein
- Sen. Gerald Hadeed
- Sen. Bhoe Tewarie
- Sen. Kevin Ramnarine
- Sen. Kwasi Mutema
- Sen. Marlene Coudray
- Sen. Brent Sancho
(as of 3 February 2015)
Opposition Senators
- Sen. Camille Robinson-Regis (Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate)
- Sen. Faris Al-Rawi
- Sen. Shamfa Cudjoe
- Sen. Avinash Singh
- Sen. Dr Lester Henry
- Sen. Diane Baldeo-Chadeesingh
See also
- President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
- Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
- House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
- Elections in Trinidad and Tobago
- List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
- Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
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