Camille Robinson-Regis
Minister of Social Development and Family Services
Assumed office
30 December 2019
PresidentPaula-Mae Weekes
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Minister of Planning and Development
In office
11 September 2015 – 30 December 2019
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Trinidadian High Commissioner to Canada
In office
2007–2010
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Planning and Development
In office
10 November 2003 – 7 November 2007
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Legal Affairs
In office
26 December 2001 – 9 November 2003
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Consumer Affairs
In office
25 January 1994 – 6 October 1995
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Minister of Information
In office
9 January 1992 – 24 January 1994
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Member of Parliament
for Arouca/Maloney
Assumed office
7 September 2015
Preceded byAlicia Hospedales
Personal details
Political partyPeople's National Movement
EducationBishop Anstey High School
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
Norman Manley Law School

Camille Robinson-Regis is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer and politician, representing the People's National Movement. She was first elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Arouca South in 1992 and is the current Member of Parliament for Arouca/Maloney. She is the Minister of Planning and Development, the Lady Vice-Chairman of the People's National Movement, and the Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives.[1][2]

Early life

Robinson-Regis attended Bishop Anstey High School before studying law at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine.[1] She holds a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica.[3] She worked as corporate secretary at the National Flour Mills and was admitted to the bar of Trinidad and Tobago in 1985.[1][3]

Political career

Robinson-Regis is a member of the People's National Movement (PNM) and was appointed to the Senate in 1992.[1] She was appointed Minister of Information on 9 January that year, becoming the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet.[1][3] She became Minister of Consumer Affairs on 25 January 1994, a position she held until 6 October 1995. Robinson-Regis was elected to the House of Representatives for the constituency of Arouca South on 27 November 1995, a seat she held until 2007. The PNM was returned to government in December 2001 and Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Legal Affairs on 26 December. She became Minister of Planning and Development on 10 November 2003 and held that role until 7 November 2007.[1]

From 2007 to 2010, Robinson-Regis served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to Canada.[3] The PNM was in opposition after 2010 and was appointed a temporary senator for the party on 7 February 2012. She became a full senator on 10 December 2013 and remained in the senate until 17 June 2015. She was returned to the House of Representatives for the Arouca/Maloney constituency in the 7 September 2015 general election. Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Planning and Development on 11 September 2015.[1] She has been governor of the Caribbean Development Bank since 1 January 2016.[4] She was appointed Minister of Social Development and Family Services on 30 December 2019.[5]

Controversy

Robinson-Regis was accused of using racist rhetoric against Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians. In response to accusations made by the opposition party of her party, the PNM, running a pedophile ring, Robinson-Regis at a meeting in June of 2022 was accused of using the Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar's full name "Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar" as a way of mocking her ethnic name in an attempt to race-bait, and ridicule and mock Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians to take attention away from the accusations.[6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Honourable Camille Robinson-Regis, MP". Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Ghouralal, Darlisa (28 May 2020). "Camille returns as Arouca/Maloney candidate". Loop News. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Honourable Camille Robinson-Regis". Ministry of Planning and Development. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Camille Robinson-Regis: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Douglas, Sean (1 January 2020). "Rowley reshuffles his deck". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. ↑ https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/unc-women-camille-must-apologise-for-racial-attack/article_1ca4dc1c-e5b8-11ec-87fa-3730424f3ef8.amp.html
  7. ↑ https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/leave-my-name-alone/article_f341c3f2-e3a1-11ec-b6b7-dfd40d0f5f0a.amp.html
  8. ↑ https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2022/06/08/ridiculing-ethnic-names-is-offensive/
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