Persad-Bissessar administration (2025–)

Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and is the head of a United National Congress-led government.

The UNC and its allies obtained a majority of the seats contested in the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election, defeating the People's National Movement and forming the government. Persad-Bissessar and Attorney General John Jeremie were sworn in on May 1, 2025, ^[1] with the remainder of the Cabinet being sworn in on May 3. ^[2]

Cabinet

Portfolio [2]	Minister [2]
Prime Minister	Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Attorney General	John Jeremie
Minister of Finance	Davendranath Tancoo
Minister of Energy and Energy Industries	Roodal Moonilal
Minister of Defence	Wayne Sturge
Minister of Homeland Security	Roger Alexander
Minister of Justice	Devesh Maharaj
Minister in the Office of the Attorney General
Minister of Legal Affairs	Saddam Hosein
Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries
Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs	Sean Sobers
Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services	Vandana Mohit
Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development	Kennedy Swaratsingh
Minister of Culture and Community Development	Michelle Benjamin
Minister of Rural Development and Local Government	Khadijah Ameen
Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries	Ravi Ratiram
Minister of Housing	David Lee
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	Eli Zakour
Minister of Works and Infrastructure	Jearlean John
Minister of Public Utilities	Barry Padarath
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister	Barry Padarath
	Darrell Allahar [3]
Minister of Public Administration and Artificial Intelligence	Dominic Smith
Minister of Health	Lackram Bodoe
Minister of Education	Michael Dowlath
Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training	Prakash Persad
Minister of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprises	Leroy Baptiste
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs	Phillip Watts
Minister of Trade, Investment, and Tourism	Kama Maharaj [4]

Junior Ministers

Portfolio	Minister
Minister in the Ministry of Housing	Phillip Alexander [5]
Minister in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries	Ernesto Kesar [2]
Minister in the Ministry of Health	Rishad Seecheran [2]
Minister in the Ministry of Housing	Anil Roberts [2]
Minister in the Ministry of Public Utilities	Clyde Elder [2]

Parliamentary Secretaries

Ministry [2]	Parliamentary Secretary [2]
Ministry of Culture and Community Development	Narindra Roopnarine
Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs	Nicholas Morris
Office of the Prime Minister
Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services	Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj
Ministry of Public Utilities	Shivanna Sam
Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Trainin	Hansen Narinesingh

References

1. Kissoon, Carolyn (2025-05-01). "PM pledges love, justice, and transformation". Trinidad and Tobago Express . Retrieved 2025-05-01.
2. "Trinidad and Tobago's new government". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday . 2025-05-03. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
3. "Two new Government members bring total to 38". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
4. Polo, Dareece (2025-05-08). "New Trade Minister eyes linkages with Africa". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian . Retrieved 2025-05-08.
5. Polo, Dareece (2025-05-08). "Phillip Alexander gets Housing Ministry portfolio, admits he'll have to tone down his social media behaviour". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian . Retrieved 2025-05-08.