New ministers take oath of office

PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar with members of her new cabinet

Four new members of Cabinet took their oaths of office Monday - Jamal Mohammed, Ganga Singh, Larry Howai and Marlene Coudray. All but one of them are rookies. Singh has served as a cabinet minister in the Panday UNC administration. He will be the Minister of Environment and Water Resources, a new ministry.

Mohammed is the Communications Minister. This is also a new ministry. When Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar took office in 2010 Communications remained within her office with two junior minister - Rodger Samuel and Colin Partap - having responsibility for communication. In her first cabinet shuffle one year ago she moved Communication to the Foreign Ministry as part of the portfolio of Dr Suruj Rambachan.

Howai has taken over the Ministry of Finance and Economy from Winston Dookeran who served in that position for two years, bringing stability to the economy and trying to settle several economic crises.

Coudray has taken over Gender, Youth and Child Development. She leaves the post of Mayor of San Fernando. 

Also taking an oath was La Horquetta/Talparo MP Jairam Seemungal, who is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Production. He was Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The full list is:

Minister of National Security	Jack Warner, M.P
Minister in the Ministry of National Security	Collin Partap, M.P
Minister of Legal Affairs	Prakash Ramadhar, M.P
Attorney General	Senator Anand Ramlogan
Minister of the People and Social Development	Dr. Glenn Ramadharsingh, M.P
Minister in the Ministry of the People and Social Development	Vernella Alleyne-Toppin, M.P
Minister of Education	Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, M.P
Minister of Housing	Dr. Roodal Moonilal, M.P
Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development	Marlene Coudray
Minister of Justice	Herbert Volney, M.P
Minister of Public Administration	Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, M.P
Minister of Energy	Senator Kevin Ramnarine
Minister of Labour & Small & Micro Enterprise Dev't	Errol Mc Leod, M.P
Minister of Transport	Chandresh Sharma,M.P
Minister of Sport	Anil Roberts, M.P
Minister of Planning	Sen. Dr. Bhoendradatt Tiwarie
Minister of Public Utilities	Nizam Baksh, M.P
Minister of Tobago Development	Dr. Delmon Baker, M.P
Minister of Local Government	Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, M.P
Minister in the Ministry of Local Government	Rudranath Indarsingh,M.P
Minister of Works and Infrastructure	Sen. Emmanuel George
Minister in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure	Stacy Roopnarine, M.P
Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism	Dr. Lincoln Douglas, M.P
Minister of Health	Dr. Fuad Khan M.P
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister	Rodger Samuel, M.P
Minister of Tertiary Education	Senator Fazal Karim
Minister of Tourism	Stephen Cadiz,M.P
Minister of Community Development	Winston Peters, M.P
Minister of Food Production	Sen. Devant Maharaj
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Production	Jairam Seemungal, MP
Minister of Science & Technology	Dr. Rupert Griffith
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Winston Dookeran, M.P
Minister of Trade, Industry & Investment	Sen.Vasant Bharath
Minister of the Environment & Water Resources	Ganga Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment & Water Resources	Ramona Ramdial, M.P
Minister of National Diversity & Social Integration	Clifton De Coteau
Minster in the Ministry of National Diversity & Social Integration	Senator Embau Moheni
Minister of Communication	Jamal Mohammed
Minister of Finance & The Economy (with responsibility for Caribbean Airlines)	Larry Howai
Deputy Speaker	Nela Khan,M.P