Noor Mohamed HassanaliTC was a Trinidadian lawyer,judge and politician who served as the second president of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997. A retired high-court judge,he was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Muslim to hold the office of President of Trinidad and Tobago,and he was the first Muslim head of state in the Americas.
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago,in office from 2003 to 2013. He was the first president of Trinidad and Tobago and head of state in the Anglophone Caribbean to have Amerindian ancestry.
Manny L. Ramjohn was an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago,born in San Fernando,and educated at Naparima College in San Fernando.
San Fernando,officially the City of San Fernando,is the most populous city and second most populous municipality in Trinidad and Tobago,after Chaguanas. Sando,as it is known to many local Trinidadians,occupies 19 km²and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad. It is bounded to the north by the Guaracara River,the south by the Oropouche River,the east by the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway,and the west by the Gulf of Paria. The former borough was elevated to the status of a city corporation on 18 November 1988. The motto of San Fernando is:"Sanitas Fortis" - In a Healthy Environment We Will Find Strength. San Fernando is called Trinidad and Tobago's "industrial capital" because of its proximity to the Pointe-à-Pierre oil refinery and many other petrochemical,LNG,iron and steel and aluminium smelters in places such as Point Lisas in Couva,Point Fortin,and La Brea.
Naparima College is a public secondary school for boys in Trinidad and Tobago. Located in San Fernando,the school was founded in 1894 but received official recognition in 1900. It was established by Dr. Kenneth J. Grant,a Canadian Presbyterian missionary working among the Indian population in Trinidad. The school was one of the first to educate Indo-Trinidadians and played an important and crucial role in the development of an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional class. Naparima is derived from the Arawak word (A) naparima,meaning ‘large water’,or from Nabarima,Warao for ‘Father of the waves’.
Hillview College is a government-assisted Presbyterian secondary school situated on the foothills of the Northern Range at the top of El Dorado Road in Tunapuna,Trinidad and Tobago. The motto Humani Nihil Alienum,which is adapted from a famous quotation by Roman African playwright Terence,means 'Nothing concerning humanity is alien to me'. Expressed in a positive way it means,'I am interested in everything concerning mankind'.
The Mannie Ramjohn Stadium,located in Marabella,San Fernando,Trinidad and Tobago,is named for long-distance runner Manny Ramjohn,the first person to win a gold medal for Trinidad and Tobago in a major international sporting event. The stadium was constructed for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago. It also hosted games from the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar;born Kamla Susheila Persad,22 April 1952),often referred to by her initials KPB,is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer,politician and educator who is the Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago,political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) political party,and was the sixth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 26 May 2010 until 9 September 2015. She was the country's first female Prime Minister,Attorney General,and Leader of the Opposition,the first woman to chair the Commonwealth of Nations and the first woman of Indian origin to be a prime minister of a country outside of India and the wider subcontinent.
Gillian Lucky is a Justice of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Judicature for Trinidad and Tobago. She was previously a High Court Judge,Director of the Police Complaints Authority,and a Member of Parliament for Pointe-à-Pierre.
Roy Adolphus Joseph (1909–1979) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He served as Mayor of San Fernando,Member of the Legislative Council,Minister of Education and Social Services,and Member of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation.
Naparima Girls' High School is an all-girls high school in San Fernando,Trinidad and Tobago. The school was founded in 1912 by Rev Dr. Fulton Coffin to complement the education offered to boys by Naparima College. It is located on La Pique Hill which overlooks San Fernando.
Ramjohn is a name used primarily as a surname among Indo-Caribbean people of Muslim origin. It is related to the surname Ramzan. It can refer to:
Lall Ramnath Sawh CMT,FRCS (Edin),FACS is a Trinidadian urologist in the Caribbean and Latin America. Based in Trinidad and Tobago,Sawh was a pioneer of kidney transplantation in the Caribbean in 1988 and is a recognized leader in the field of urology.
Dr. Anna Mahase is a Trinidadian educator and administrator. She was principal of the St. Augustine Girls' High School in Trinidad and Tobago. She currently is the commissioner of teaching of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She is noted for her service to education as well as to other public and charitable organisations.
The Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago is a Presbyterian church in Trinidad and Tobago,established by missionaries from the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Anthony Amos Lucky is a judge of the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. As a retired Court of Appeal Judge,Anthony served in the legal system of Trinidad and Tobago as a magistrate for ten years prior to becoming a judge for another 16 years. He is the recipient of the Chaconia Medal (Gold) for his long and meritorious service to Trinidad and Tobago.
Stella Piari Abidh (1903–1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago public health physician. She served as the Medical Officer of Health for San Fernando and as medical supervisor of schools in south Trinidad. She is believed to be the first Indo-Trinidadian woman to become a doctor.
Naomi King Biden Neal is an American lawyer. Biden is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle as well as a granddaughter of U.S. President Joe Biden. She grew up in Washington,D.C.,and attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School and works as an associate at the law firm Arnold &Porter.
