Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

19 that constituency since 1991 having been re-elected in 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2015 and 2020. Dr. Rowley first served in Parliament as an Opposition Senator from 1987-1990. He later served at Cabinet level holding at various times the portfolios of Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Marine Resources, Minister of Planning and Development, Minister of Housing, Minister of Trade and Industry, Governor of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Trinidad and Tobago’s representative Governor of the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB). Following the People’s National Movement (PNM)’s defeat in the Trinidad and Tobago General Election, 2010, Dr. Rowley was appointed Leader of the Opposition of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and was elected Political Leader of the People’s National Movement in 2010. PAULA-MAE WEEKES (1958- ) She is the first female and sixth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago who was sworn in March 19, 2018. A retired Justice of Appeal of the judiciaries of the and The Turks and Caicos Islands, she attended Bishop Anstey High School, The University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law, Cave Hill, Barbados and her Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Following a rise in the legal circles Weekes was elevated to the Court of Appeal in January 2005 and presided in that court for eleven years. She retired from the Judiciary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on August 31, 2016, after two decades of service. Upon her retirement President Weekes was invited to join the Appellate Bench of the Judiciary of The Turks and Caicos Islands. On her assumption in September 2016 she became the first woman to serve in that capacity. Her last sitting was in November/December 2017 and she resigned in January 2018 ahead of her nomination for the Presidency. • 2018 The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.