Menissa Rambally

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Menissa Rambally
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Born1976
Nationality Saint Lucian

Menissa Rambally (born 1976 [1] ) is a Saint Lucian politician [2] who represented the Castries South East constituency for the Saint Lucia Labour Party, until she was defeated in the general election of 11 December 2006. She was appointed Permanent Representative for Saint Lucia to the United Nations in 2012.

She was the Minister of Culture in the government of the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Rambally was the youngest candidate and the youngest MP in the country's history, entering parliament at 21 years of age. [3] She is of Indian, African and European ancestry. She is a graduate of the Leon Hess Comprehensive School and a Business Graduate of Caribbean Union College, an affiliate of Andrews University, Michigan.

Life

Menissa is the eldest daughter of Nelista and Hezekiah Rambally, with her sisters Pearl and Shameela. Menissa entered politics due to the untimely death of her father who had been selected as the St Lucia Labour Party candidate for the Castries Southeast constituency. Upon entering the race, she challenged the seat for the opposition.

She would remain in power until the next election cycle which she won handily. The election of Rambally and Sarah Flood Beaubrun in 1997 and 2001, according to Cynthia Barrow-Giles, "transformed the St Lucia lower House of parliament from a virtual 'all boys camp' to a more gender integrated elected parliament". [3] Rambally served in the Ministry of Agriculture as permanent secretary, minister of tourism, [2] and, most recently, minister of social transformation.

After her loss to Guy Joseph, she began working as a political consultant.

She was appointed Permanent Representative for Saint Lucia to the United Nations in 2012. [4] In December 2024 Ilana Seid led a delegation of Taiwan's allies to Taiwan. The delegation included Mutryce Williams of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Ambassador Tapugao Falefou from Tuvalu and , Rambally who was then Saint Lucia's Ambassador. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Jacobson, Philip (10 March 2001). "St Lucia slow to curb crime, say hoteliers". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 Barrow-Giles, Cynthia. "Political Party Financing and Women's Political Participation in the Caribbean - Chapter III" (PDF). Idea International. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ambassadorial Appointments". The Voice. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "St. Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to UN Joined UN Delegation to Taiwan – SKN Consulate in Toronto" . Retrieved 19 December 2024.


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