Jennifer Jones-Kernahan

Jennifer Jones-Kernahan (née Jones; born 26 October 1953) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and diplomat.^[1] She has been a senator, government minister and ambassador.^[2]

The Honourable Jennifer Jones
Member of the Senate
In office 20 February 2001 – 1 March 2010
Personal details
Born	Jennifer Jones (1953-10-26) 26 October 1953 (age 71)
Political party	United National Congress (UNC)

Career

In the 1970s she was involved in the National Union of Freedom Fighters and her sister Beverly was killed by police.^[3]

Jones-Kernahan was appointed a government senator by the United National Congress (UNC) in 2001 and served as minister of food production and marine resources from June 2001-December 2001. She was reappointed as an opposition senator in October 2002, and again in December 2007, and served as high commissioner to Cuba from November 2010-October 2015.^[4]

In the 2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election she was the UNC candidate in La Horquetta/Talparo. In 2008, she was appointed shadow minister of Social and Community Development, Agriculture, Marine Affairs and Land, Gender and Consumer Affairs.^[5]

Personal life

She is married to Malcolm Kernahan.^[6] She is the mother of four children.^[7]