Farley Chavez Augustine | |
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![]() Augustine in 2017 | |
Chief Secretary of Tobago | |
Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Ancil Dennis |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 39–40) Speyside,Tobago,Trinidad and Tobago [1] |
Political party | Tobago People's Party |
Other political affiliations | Progressive Democratic Patriots (until 2023) |
Farley Chavez Augustine (born 1985) is a Tobagonian politician and educator serving as the current Chief Secretary of Tobago,the island's head of government. [2] [1] He holds the additional executive role of secretary for finance,trade and the economy. [2]
Augustine was raised in Speyside. He attended the University of the West Indies before returning to Tobago to become a high school teacher. [1]
In the December 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election,the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) party,which had declared Augustine to be its candidate for Chief Secretary,won a majority in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). [3] Augustine was thus named the Chief Secretary in 2021. In 2023,after a conflict with the PDP's leader,he formed his own party,the Tobago People's Party,to which most members of the THA defected. [4]
In 2024,the opposition Tobago Council of the People's National Movement accused Augustine of accepting bribes. Augustine denied these charges. [5]
Augustine is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. [6]