Paula Gopee-Scoon
Paula Gopee-Scoon (born April 18, 1958 in Point Fortin ) is a Trinidadian politician and former foreign minister of the country.
Life
After attending school, she first studied at the University of the West Indies in Cave Hill and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Public Administration and Law. She then completed postgraduate studies at the University of London , which she completed with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in labor and international public law . After her return in 1982 she was first director of Sunspot Plastics Ltd. before she worked for Republic Bank between 1982 and 1986. From 1989 to 1990 she was branch manager of the Worker's Bank and then until 1996 branch manager and finally deputy manager of the credit department of the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. In 2002 she became director of Biochem Trinidad & Tobago Ltd.
She did not begin her political career until November 2007, when she was elected as one of eleven women in the House of Representatives elections. Gopee-Soon, who is a member of Prime Minister Patrick Manning 's People's National Movement (PNM) , was elected to represent the Point Fortin constituency.
Immediately after the election, Prime Minister Manning appointed her Foreign Minister on November 7, 2007, although she had no ministerial or foreign policy experience. On February 29, 2008, she presented the draft of a new immigration law ( Immigration Bill 2008 ). In this context, against the background that 40 percent of the population of Trinidad and Tobago are of Indian descent, she called for increased learning of Hindi .
After the Manning government lost the parliamentary elections in May 2010, it was succeeded by Surujrattan Rambachan as foreign minister. In 2015, after the PNM won the election again, the Rowley administration entrusted her with the office of Secretary of Commerce.
Gopee-Scoon is married to entrepreneur Robert Scoon and has three children.
Web links
- CV on Parliament's homepage
- Dossier on Paula Gopee-Scoon on Wikileaks.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Foreign Policy Challenges Confronting Minister Gopee-Scoon
- ↑ NewIndianExpress.com: Our people should learn Hindi: Trinidad minister. Accessed July 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Biography on the homepage of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
- ^ Homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gopee-Scoon, Paula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Trinidadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trinidad |