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Camille Robinson-Regis
Lawyer and politician from Trinidad and Tobago
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 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 [1][3]
Political career
Robinson-Regis is a member of the People's National Movement (PNM) and was appointed to the Senate in [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 , a position she held until 6 October Robinson-Regis was elected to the House of Representatives for the constituency of Arouca South on 27 November , a seat she held until The PNM was returned to government in December and Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Legal Affairs on 26 December. She became Minister of Planning and Development on 10 November and held that role until 7 November [1]
From to , Robinson-Regis served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to Canada.[3] The PNM was in opposition after and was appointed a temporary senator for the party on 7 February She became a full senator on 10 December and remained in the senate until 17 June She was returned to the House of Representatives for the Arouca/Maloney constituency in the 7 September general election. Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Planning and Development on 11 September [1] She has been governor of the Caribbean Development Bank since 1 January [4] She was appointed Minister of Social Development and Family Services on 30 December [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 was accused of using the Leader of the OppositionKamla 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]