Bridgid Annisette-George | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 23 September 2015 | |
President | Christine Kangaloo Paula-Mae Weekes Anthony Carmona |
Prime Minister | Keith Rowley |
Preceded by | Wade Mark |
Attorney General | |
In office 8 November 2007 – 29 May 2009 | |
President | George Maxwell Richards |
Prime Minister | Patrick Manning |
Preceded by | John Jeremie |
Succeeded by | John Jeremie |
Personal details | |
Born | Bridgid Annisette |
Nationality | Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
Political party | People's National Movement |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies Hugh Wooding Law School |
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Bridgid Annisette-George is a Trinidadian lawyer and politician. She has been the Speaker of House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago since 2015, the second female to hold the position and is currently the world's longest serving female incumbent Speaker of a National Legislature. She previously served as a Senator and the third female Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago for the PNM[1] before resigning to return to her private law practice.