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Kamla Persad-Bissessar

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Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar SC MP (née Persad, born 22 April 1952), often referred to by her initials KPB is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who has twice served as the sixth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2010 to 2015 and again since May 2025. She has also been the Political Leader of the United National Congress since 2010, and was the Leader of the Opposition for three times from 2006 to 2007, January to May 2010, and again from 2015 to 2025. Persad-Bissessar is the second prime minister to have served non-consecutive terms, after Patrick Manning. Persad-Bissessar was the country's first female prime minister, attorney general, and opposition leader, the first woman to chair the Commonwealth of Nations and the first woman of Indian descent to be a prime minister of a country outside of India and the wider subcontinent. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the 16,215th most popular politician (up from 16,814th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (up from 26th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 16,215 out of 19,576. Before her are Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Muhammadu Maccido, Sicard of Benevento, Elephenor, Askar Mamin, and Dru Drury. After her are Little Crow, Akylbek Japarov, Müfide İlhan, Sam Matekane, Pete Wilson, and George Moscone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 503. Before her are Inese Vaidere, Nicholas Hooper, Christine Estabrook, Rick Scott, Julie Taymor, and Clarke Peters. After her are Rodolfo Neri Vela, Margit Schumann, Mohamed Said Fofana, Vladimir Vasyutin, Des Browne, and Tim Powers.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 22 out of 71. Before her are Edmundo Ros (1910), George Padmore (1903), Steven Pressfield (1943), C. L. R. James (1901), Christine Kangaloo (1961), and Hasely Crawford (1950). After her are Eric Williams (1911), Geoffrey Holder (1930), Anthony Carmona (1953), Ellis Clarke (1917), Anthony Nesty (1967), and Lorraine Toussaint (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar ranks 6. Before her are George Maxwell Richards (1931), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Keith Rowley (1949), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), and Christine Kangaloo (1961). After her are Eric Williams (1911), Anthony Carmona (1953), Ellis Clarke (1917), Patrick Manning (1946), Basdeo Panday (1933), and Noor Hassanali (1918).

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