Nigel de Freitas explained

Nigel de Freitas is a Trinidadian politician from People's National Movement. He is the current president of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago.^[1] He took office in January 2023.^{[2] [3]}

He was born in 1979.^[4] He attended Bishops High School in Tobago. He got a bachelor's degree in marine and freshwater biology from University of Guelph, Canada.

He was appointed as a government senator on 23 September 2015.^[5] He was subsequently elected as vice president of the Senate.^[6] He was minister in the ministry of agriculture, land and fisheries from 16 March 2022^[7] to January 2023, when he was elected president of the Senate.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senator the Honourable Nigel de Freitas sworn in as Acting President The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
2. Web site: Nigel de Freitas elected Senate President Loop Trinidad & Tobago . Loop News . en.
3. Web site: Nigel de Freitas . Trinidad Express Newspapers . en . 20 March 2023.
4. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago - Senate . IPU.
5. Web site: Nigel de Freitas – Parliament . 3 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221203223659/https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/nigel-de-freitas/ . 2022-12-03 .
6. Web site: Senator the Honourable Nigel de Freitas . Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
7. Web site: Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Senator The Honorable Nigel De Freitas . Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries.
8. Web site: Rampersad . Shar-Lene . Mark knocks choice of De Freitas as new Senate President . www.guardian.co.tt . en.