The responsibilities of several Ministers have been assigned and re-assigned in accordance with section 79(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
President Christine Kangaloo, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister and pursuant to section 79(1) of the Constitution, approved the following changes in Ministerial responsibilities, with effect from 3rd October, 2025:
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, will now have responsibility for matters relating to Heritage Buildings, Constitutional Reform, National Trust, National Commission for Self Help Limited, National Library Services and the National Library and Information System Authority, Home Improvement Grants Policy, Housing and Village Improvement Programme (HVIP), Government Aided Self-Help Housing Programme (GASHHP).
The Attorney General, Senator John Jeremie, will be responsible for matters relating to the Criminal Justice Unit.
The Minister of Finance and Minister in the Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, Davendradath Tancoo, will oversee matters relating to National Health Insurance System and Export-Import Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Eximbank).
Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, will assume responsibility for matters relating to the Prison System.
Minister of Justice and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General, Devesh Maharaj, will have responsibility for Electronic Monitoring, Environmental Commission, Equal Opportunity Commission, Equal Opportunity Tribunal, the Tax Appeal Board, Criminal Injury Compensation Board, Council of Legal Education, Hugh Wooding Law School.
Minister of Labour, Small and Micro Enterprise Development, Senator Leroy Baptiste will have responsibility for National Entrepreneurship Development Company (NEDCO).
Minister Saddam Hosein will have responsibility of the newly reclassified Ministry of Land and Legal Affairs as well as continue in the reclassified Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. His responsibilities in the Ministry of Land and Legal Affairs will include matters relating to Lands and Surveys, Land Management, Regularisation of Tenure/ Housing for Squatters, Surveys and Mapping, Valuation, Land Settlement Agency, Land Survey Board of Trinidad and Tobago and Estate Management and Business Development Company.
Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development and Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Senator Kennedy Swaratsingh, will have responsibility for matters relating to Social Planning, Development and Monitoring.
Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Vandana Mohit will have responsibility for matters relating to Geriatric Adolescent Partnership Programme.
Minister of Public Utilities and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Barry Padarath, now has responsibility for matters relating to Power Generation, Trinidad Generation Unlimited and POWERGEN.
Ministers have also have some of their responsibilities removed, as follows:
Attorney General John Jeremie will no longer be responsible for matters relating to the Environmental Commission, Equal Opportunity Commission, Equal Opportunity Tribunal and Tax Appeal Board, Council of Legal Education, Hugh Wooding Law School.
In the newly reclassified Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Senator Ravi Ratiram will no longer be responsible for matters relating to Lands and Surveys, Land Management, Surveys and Mapping, Land Survey Board of Trinidad and Tobago, Land Settlement Agency and Estate Management and Business Development Company Limited.
Minister of Culture and Community Development, Michelle Benjamin, will no longer be responsible for National Commission for Self Help Limited.
Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Dr. Roodal Moonilal, will no longer be responsible for Power Generation, Trinidad Generation Unlimited, and POWERGEN.
Minister of Finance and Minister in the Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, Davendradath Tancoo, will no longer be responsible for Valuation.
Minister of Health, Dr. Lackram Bodoe, will no longer be responsible for the National Health Insurance System.
Minister of Housing, Dr. David Lee, will no longer be responsible for Regularisation of Tenure/Housing for Squatters, Home Improvement Grants Policy, Housing and Village Improvement Programme (HVIP), Government Aided Self-Help Housing Programme (GASHHP);
Minister of Justice and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General, Senator Devesh Maharaj, be no longer responsible for Prison System and Criminal Justice Unit;
In the newly reclassified Ministries of Land and Legal Affairs and Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister Saddam Hosein will no longer be responsible for Constitutional Reform;
Minister of The People, Social Development and Family Services, Vandana Mohit, will no longer responsible for Social Planning, Development and Monitoring;
Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Senator Satyakama Maharaj, will no longer be responsible for NEDCO and Export-Import Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Eximbank);
Minister of Public Administration and Artificial Intelligence, Senator Dominic Smith, will no longer be responsible for Heritage Buildings, National Trust, National Library Services and the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS);
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Phillip Watts, will no longer be responsible for matters relating to Geriatric Adolescent Partnership Programme; and
Minister of Homeland Security, Roger Alexander, will no longer be responsible for matters relating to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
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