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Join Date: 27 Apr 2010
Location:  KuwaitPosts: 303 |
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Trinidad elects 1st female prime minister |
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago has elected its first female prime minister in an early election, ousting an incumbent hurt by soaring crime and allegations of public corruption.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her five-party People's Partnership coalition won 29 of 41 seats in the Caribbean nation's parliament, according to preliminary election results Tuesday. The 59-year-old attorney told thousands of supporters at a celebration early Tuesday morning that her government will not allow one ethnic group or social class to dominate the twin-island country. |
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