Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)

Senate
Type
Type	Upper House
Leadership
President of the Senate	Timothy Hamel-Smith, (People's Partnership) Since 30 May 2010
Vice President of the Senate	Hon. Lyndira Oudit
Seats	31
Meeting place
Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Website
http://www.ttparliament.org/

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The Senate is the appointed Upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. The Senate has 31 members: 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. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate, is usually elected from the Government benches. A senator must be at least 25 years old.

Senators

President of the Senate

The Honorable Timothy Hamel-Smith

Independent Senators

• Sen. Harold Ramkissoon
• Sen. Dr Victor Wheeler
• Sen. Elton Prescott, SC
• Sen. Dr James Kenneth Armstrong
• Sen. Dr Rolph Balgobin
• Sen. Helen Drayton
• Sen. Corinne Baptiste-McKnight
• Sen. Basharat Ali
• Sen. Subhas Ramkhelawan

Government Senators

• Sen. Lyndira Oudit (Senate Vice President)
• Sen. Ganga Singh (Leader of Government Business in the Senate)
• Sen. Anand Ramlogan
• Sen. Vasant Bharath
• Sen. Larry Howai
• Sen Crystlyn Moore
• Sen. Devant Maharaj
• Sen. Fazal Karim
• Sen. Emanuel George
• Sen. Jamal Mohammed
• Sen. Bhoe Tewarie
• Sen. Kevin Ramnarine
• Sen. James Lambert
• Sen. Embau Moheni
• Sen. Marlene Coudray

(as of 12 November 2012)

Opposition Senators

• Sen. Pennelope Beckles-Robinson (Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate)
• Sen. Faris Al-Rawi
• Sen. Shamfa Cudjoe
• Sen. Terrence Deyalsingh
• Sen. Dr Lester Henry
• Sen. Fitzgerald Hinds

See also

• President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
• Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
• House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
• Elections in Trinidad and Tobago
• List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
• Politics of Trinidad and Tobago

External links

• Website of the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago