Keith Rowley | |
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7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago | |
Assumed office 9 September 2015 | |
President | Anthony Carmona Paula-Mae Weekes Christine Kangaloo |
Preceded by | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
8th Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago | |
In office 4 June 2010 – Present | |
Prime Minister | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
Preceded by | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
Succeeded by | Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
4th Leader of the People's National Movement | |
Assumed office 26 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Patrick Manning |
Member of Parliament for Diego Martin West | |
Assumed office 1991 | |
Member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago | |
In office 1987–1990 | |
Chairman of the Caribbean Community | |
In office 1 January 2021[1] – 30 June 2021[2] | |
Secretary-General | Irwin LaRocque |
Preceded by | Ralph Gonsalves |
Succeeded by | Gaston Browne |
Personal details | |
Born | Keith Christopher Rowley 24 October 1949 Mason Hall, Saint George, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago[3] |
Political party | People's National Movement |
Residences |
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Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
Keith Christopher Rowley MP, (born 24 October 1949) is a Trinidadian politician serving as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, first elected into office on 9 September 2015 and again following the 2020 general election.[6] He has led the People's National Movement (PNM) since May 2010 and was Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015. He has also served as the Member of the House of Representatives for Diego Martin West since 1991.[7] He is a volcanologist by profession, holding a doctorate in geology, specializing in geochemistry.[8]