NAME: BASDEO PANDAY
DATE OF BIRTH: 25TH MAY, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH: ST. JULIEN ROAD, PRINCES TOWN
NATIONALITY: CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ADDRESS: 1A BRYAN'S GATE, PHILLIPINES, SAN FERNANDO
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED - FOUR DAUGHTERS
RELIGION: HINDU
EDUCATION
1951: SENIOR CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE: PRESENTATION COLLEGE
1957: DEGREES IN LAW, ECONOMICS AND DRAMA
1965: DIPLOMA IN DRAMA: LONDON SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS
BARRISTER-AT-LAW: LINCOLN'S INN
PRIOR TO ATTENDING UNIVERSITY, MR. PANDAY WORKED AS A CANE WEIGHER WITH CARONI LIMITED, AS A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER, SEEREERAM MEMORIAL SCHOOL, ST. CLEMENT'S, BARRACKPORE AND CIVIL SERVANT ATTACHED TO THE SAN FERNANDO MAGISTRATES' COURT.
1956-1957: LEGAL ADVISER, OILFIELD WORKERS' TRADE UNION
1965-DATE: LAWYER
1973-DATE: PRESIDENT GENERAL, ALL TRINIDAD SUGAR AND GENERAL WORKERS'
TRADE
UNION
1975-DATE: PRESIDENT GENERAL, SUGAR INDUSTRY STAFF ASSOCIATION
1975: LEGAL ADVISER TO THE ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE
AND
SUPERVISORY
STAFF
POLITICAL CAREER
1976: FOUNDER AND POLITICAL LEADER OF THE UNITED LABOUR FRONT (ULF)
1976: MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, COUVA NORTH (ULF)
1981: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (ULF)
1986: THE UNITED LABOUR FRONT (ULF) MERGED INTO THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE
FOR
RECONSTRUCTION
(NAR) WITH THE DEMOCRATIC ACTION CONGRESS (DAC) AND TAPIA
HOUSE
MOVEMENT
1986: RESIGNED AS LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
1986-1988: DEPUTY POLITICAL LEADER, (NAR)
1986-1988: MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
1989-DATE: POLITICAL LEADER OF THE UNITED NATIONAL CONGRESS (UNC)
1990-1995: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (UNC)
9.11.1995: PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Update: As of December 22, 2000 Mr Panday is serving his second term as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Update: There was an 18-18 split in the December 2001 elections. President ANR Robinson appointed Patrick Manning Prime Minister.
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