Christine Kangaloo

Christine Kangaloo
Kangaloo in 2008
7th President of Trinidad and Tobago
Assumed office
20 March 2023
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Stuart Young
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Preceded byPaula-Mae Weekes
President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
23 September 2015  17 January 2023
PresidentAnthony Carmona
Paula-Mae Weekes
Prime MinisterKeith Rowley
Preceded byRaziah Ahmed
Succeeded byNigel de Freitas
Member of the Senate
In office
23 September 2015  17 January 2023
Succeeded byRichie Sookhai
Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education
In office
8 November 2007  25 May 2010
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Preceded byMustapha Abdul-Hamid
Succeeded byFazal Karim
Member of Parliament for Pointe-à-Pierre
In office
5 November 2007  8 April 2010
Preceded byGillian Lucky
Succeeded byErrol McLeod
Minister of Legal Affairs
In office
14 May 2005  7 November 2007
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Preceded byPeter Taylor
Succeeded byPrakash Ramadhar
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister (Social Services Delivery)
In office
15 October 2002  13 May 2005
Prime MinisterPatrick Manning
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Vice-President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
5 April 2002  28 August 2002
Senate PresidentLinda Baboolal
Preceded byWade Mark
Succeeded byRawle Titus
Opposition Senator
In office
12 January 2001  13 October 2001
Personal details
Born (1961-12-01) 1 December 1961
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Federation, British Empire
Political partyIndependent (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
People's National Movement (2001–2015)
Spouse
Kerwyn Garcia
(m. 1998)
Alma mater
Profession
  • Politician
  • lawyer

Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT (born 1 December 1961) is a Trinidadian politician and lawyer, who has been the 7th president of Trinidad and Tobago since 2023.