T&T: Prime Minister Rowley reshuffles Cabinet

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley today re-shuffled his almost two year old Cabinet.

The re-shuffling saw Senior Counsel, Reginald Armour appointed as Attorney General, replacing Faris Al-Rawi.

Armour previously served as an acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, an acting High Court Judge of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago, and is a former member of the Law Reform Commission and the Legal Aid Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.

The appointments of Clarence Rambharat as Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Pennelope Beckles as Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Camille Robinson-Regis as Minister of Planning and Development and Kazim Hosein as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development have also been revoked.

A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that Al-Rawi has been appointed Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, while Robinson-Regis will be the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development.

The new Minister of Planning and Development is Beckles while Hosein is the new Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries.

The statement said that Nigel de Freitas has been appointed as Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries with responsibility for Lands. He has since resigned his position as Vice President of the Senate with Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim replacing him in that position.

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