Rowley’s Cabinet; Imbert gets Finance portfolio, Smith gets Sports plus more…


The following is the full list of members for the new Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago:

Photo: PNM political leader Dr Keith Rowley (centre) gives his victory speech at Balisier House flanked by his wife Sharon Rowley (right) and daughter Sonel. (Courtesy Allan V Crane/Wired868)
Photo: PNM political leader Dr Keith Rowley (centre) gives his victory speech at Balisier House flanked by his wife Sharon Rowley (right) and daughter Sonel.
(Courtesy Allan V Crane/Wired868)

Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries – Clarence Rambharat

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries – Senator Avinash Singh

Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs – Stuart Young


Minister of Communications – Maxie Cuffie

Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts – Dr Nyan Gasby Dolly

Minister of Education – Anthony Garcia

Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs – Nicole Ollivierre

Minister of Finance – Colm Imbert

Photo: New Minister of Finance Colm Imbert.
Photo: New Minister of Finance Colm Imbert.

Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs – Senator Hon Dennis Moses

Minister of Health – Terrence Deyalsingh

Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Marlene McDonald

Minister of Labour – Senator Jennifer Baptiste-Primus

Minister of Planning and Development – Camille Robinson-Regis

Minister of Public Administration – Randall Mitchell

Minister of Public Utilities – Brigadier (Ret) Ancil Antoine

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government – Senator Franklin Khan

Minister of Social Development and Family Services – Cherryann Critchlow-Cockburn

Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs – Darryl Smith

Photo: New Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
Photo: New Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

Minister of Tourism – Shamfa Cudjoe

Minister of Trade and Industry – Senator Paula Gopee-Scoon

Minister of Works and Transport – Fitzgerald Hinds

Minister of State in the PM’s Office – Ayanna Webster-Roy

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25 comments

  1. Imagine a whole ministry for “water resources” was created for Ganga.

  2. The creation of Ministries ro create jobs for the boys is over

  3. I hope Science and Technology does not get subsumed too much so it disappears.

  4. And environment should be forefront

  5. Same with Environment, Justice and several others. They haven’t been eradicated …just relocated

  6. But it was just an observation re: gender affairs.

  7. Well tertiary education is under education. I actually never saw the need for a separate ministry for that.

  8. Neither is Tertiary Education in the title of any other Ministry but it will be absurd to think it was eradicated, not so?

  9. No, I mean it’s no longer in the title of any ministry. It’s not like it got put with something else. The gender affairs ministry just no longer exists.

  10. They were allocated to other Ministries Chabeth. Dr Rowley indicated such since he was on the campaign trail

  11. Seems more like it was eradicated than consolidated, Mel?

  12. Imbert got Finance? He have files on the PM owa?

  13. Looks good on paper, with the resrvations raised by Chabeth et al about ministries that have “disappeared.” We’ll have to wait and see, of course, just what the different portfolios contain but one question that arises in the meantime is this: Might the new Prime Minister, perhaps in his effort to justify the coming pay rise for ministers, be giving them rather more than they can comfortably chew?

  14. Dr. Rowleys first big mistake, ignoring the main persons who started the campaign to remove the PP.
    Lasana, I don’t understand why you were left out of this cabinet. Don’t worry bro he will pay the ultimate price. No honeymoon for him, let’s start the attack from today lasana.

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