Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

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Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
13th Republican Parliament
Flag         Coat of Arms
Logo of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
History
Founded	31 August 1962 (62 years ago)
Preceded by	Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago
New session started	28 August 2020
Leadership
President	Christine Kangaloo, Independent[a] since 20 March 2023
Prime Minister	Kamla Persad-Bissessar, UNC since 1 May 2025
President of the Senate	Wade Mark[b] since 23 May 2025
Vice President of the Senate	Kenya Charles, UNC since 23 May 2025
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Jagdeo Singh[c] since 23 May 2025
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives	Aiyna Ali, UNC since 23 May 2025
Leader of the Opposition	Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, PNM since 6 May 2025
Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives	Barry Padarath, UNC since 23 May 2025
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Representatives	Marvin Gonzales, PNM since 23 May 2025
Leader of Government Business in the Senate	Darrell Allahar, UNC since 23 May 2025
Structure
Seats	72 31 Senators 41 Members of Parliament (MPs)
Senate political groups	Government   United National Congress (16) Official Opposition   People's National Movement (6) Other   Independent (9)
House of Representatives political groups	Government   United National Congress (26) Official Opposition   People's National Movement (13) Other   Tobago People's Party (2)
Elections
Senate voting system	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
Last House of Representatives election	28 April 2025
Next House of Representatives election	2030
Meeting place
The Red House, Abercromby Street, Downtown, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Website
www.ttparliament.org
Constitution
Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago

The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the legislative branch of Trinidad and Tobago. The Parliament is bicameral. Besides the President of Trinidad and Tobago, it is composed of the House of Representatives, which is composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives 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 at present the only parliament in the world with an incumbent female President, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Leader of the Opposition and made history by appointing the Caribbean's first and only transgender parliamentarian on 15 February 2022.^[3][4][5][6] As of 20 April 2021, there are only 24 female members, or 32.9%^[7] and eight members born in Tobago or 11.0%.

International affiliation(s)

• ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Canada-Caribbean Parliamentary Friendship Group
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
• Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU

Members

Main article: List of Trinidad and Tobago MPs

See also

• House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
• Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
• Elections in Trinidad and Tobago
• List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
• Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
• List of parliaments of Trinidad and Tobago
• The Red House, Parliament building