Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo and Plan­ning Min­is­ter Kennedy Swarats­ingh both have re­ceived cross-ap­point­ments as ju­nior min­is­ters in each oth­er’s min­istries, in what the Gov­ern­ment says is an ef­fort to strength­en eco­nom­ic co­or­di­na­tion.

Ac­cord­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Gazette, Tan­coo was ap­point­ed Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Plan­ning, Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs and De­vel­op­ment with ef­fect from May 15, while Swarats­ingh was named Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Fi­nance, ef­fec­tive May 13.

Both men re­tain their sub­stan­tive min­is­te­r­i­al port­fo­lios.