Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Christine Kangaloo
President of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT (born 1 December 1961)[3] is a Trinidadian politician and lawyer, who has served as the 7th president of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023. She also served as President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2023 and acted as President of the Republic on 33 occasions before assuming office.[4]
.jpg)
Remove ads
Biography
Christine Kangaloo was born into a Presbyterian Indo-Trinidadian family to Carlyle and Barbara Kangaloo and she is the fifth of their seven children.[1][5][6] In 2018, she and her husband converted to Roman Catholicism.[7] She graduated from the University of the West Indies and Hugh Wooding Law School and with a degree in law. Christine Kangaloo began her legal career in 1985, working alongside her father, Carlyle at his law firm in San Fernando, Trinidad.[8] During this time, she developed a deep understanding of the legal system and a commitment to serving her community with integrity and compassion. Their professional partnership continued until his passing in 1996, a loss that deeply affected her both personally and professionally.[8] Years later, in the early 2000s, Kangaloo faced another profound challenge when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Throughout her treatment and recovery, she relied on her faith, family, and inner strength to persevere. Her battle with cancer shaped her outlook on life and leadership, instilling in her a greater sense of empathy and resilience that continues to guide her public service today.[9]
Remove ads
Political career
Summarize
Perspective
On 12 January 2001, she first became a member of parliament as an opposition senator under the tenure of Opposition Leader Patrick Manning.[10] She then served as Vice President of the Senate and subsequently Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister in 2002. She was then appointed Minister of Legal Affairs in 2005.[11][12] In the 2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election, she was elected to the House of Representatives as the People's National Movement (PNM) candidate for Pointe-à-Pierre and served as the Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education.[13][14] On 23 September 2015 she was elected as President of the Senate.[15]
She was president of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 until her resignation to run for president in 2023. She is the only person to serve as both President and Vice President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, the first woman to serve as Senate Vice President and third woman to serve as acting President of Trinidad and Tobago and Senate President. She became the second woman to serve as President of Trinidad and Tobago upon her assumption of office on 20 March 2023.[16][17][18]
Kangaloo has served as an Opposition Senator, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Minister of Legal Affairs and Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education[19] in previous People's National Movement governments.[20]
Remove ads
Honours
National honours
Foreign honours
Notes
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads