As the euphoria unfolds in Mauritius with the remarkable election victory for Indian-origin leader Dr Navin Ramgoolam, another Indian-origin leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar was elected as the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in the recently concluded election in Trinidad and Tabago. She is the first woman PM who had a glorious victory defeating the 43 years of ruling government.
Leading the political coalition People’s Partnership, Kamla Persad got the majority winning 29 of the 41 parliamentary seats in the election on Monday. The 58-year-old Hindu woman, who is a granny of two, is grateful for the womens’ immense support across the country for choosing her as the PM.
With an excellent educational and professional background in West Indies, Ms. Persad Bissessar was the first woman attorney general. She had also served as minister of legal affairs as well as minister of education earlier.
An Indian-origin PM hails from 1, 48,000 Indian labourers, who were shifted there to work on sugar and cocoa plantations during 1845-1917.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar was to become the first female prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago as her five-party coalition headed for a strong victory in snap elections in the former British colony. Skip related content.
A subdued Prime Minister Patrick Manning conceded defeat some five hours after the close of polls. “What I do know is that we’ve lost the elections,”Manning said on live television. “The people have spoken.” Meanwhile, jubilant crowds gathered at the headquarters of Persad-Bissessar’s United National Congress (UNC), the main opposition party, which heads the People’s Partnership coalition.
