Persad-Bissessar unveils 35-member

The new UNC ad­min­is­tra­tion will pro­ceed with a 35-mem­ber Gov­ern­ment, which in­cludes Cab­i­net mem­bers, min­is­ters as­sist­ing sub­stan­tive Cab­i­net mem­bers, and par­lia­men­tary sec­re­taries.

While 32 mem­bers were sworn in yes­ter­day (the Prime Min­is­ter and At­tor­ney Gen­er­al were sworn in on Thurs­day), Per­sad-Bisses­sar stat­ed that her choice for the new­ly es­tab­lished Min­istry of Trade, In­vest­ment, and Tourism is cur­rent­ly out of the coun­try and will be an­nounced lat­er.

There are now 25 gov­ern­ment min­istries (in­clu­sive of the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter). Some have un­der­gone name changes, while oth­ers have been split, re­flect­ing an ap­proach sim­i­lar to that of the for­mer Peo­ple’s Part­ner­ship ad­min­is­tra­tion.