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The Honourable

Basdeo Panday

Panday in 2008

5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
9 November 1995 – 24 December 2001
PresidentNoor Mohamed Hassanali
A. N. R. Robinson
Preceded byPatrick Manning
Succeeded byPatrick Manning
4th Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
17 December 2007 – 24 February 2010
Preceded byKamla Persad-Bissessar
Succeeded byKamla Persad-Bissessar
In office
17 October 2002 – 23 April 2006
Preceded byPatrick Manning
Succeeded byKamla Persad-Bissessar
In office
10 September 1990 – 8 November 1995
Preceded byPatrick Manning
Succeeded byPatrick Manning
In office
24 September 1976 – 29 October 1986
Preceded byRaffique Shah
Succeeded byPatrick Manning
1st and 3rd Political Leader of the United National Congress
In office
10 September 2006 – 24 January 2010
Preceded byWinston Dookeran
Succeeded byKamla Persad-Bissessar
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
12 January 1987 – 8 February 1988
Preceded byErrol Mahabir
Succeeded bySahadeo Basdeo
Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
25 January 2001 – 24 December 2001
Member of Parliament
for Couva North
In office
13 September 1976 – 24 May 2010
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byRamona Ramdial
Personal details
Born(1933-05-25)May 25, 1933
St. Julien Village, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago
Died1 January 2024(2024-01-01) (aged 90)
NationalityTrinidadian and Tobagonian
Political partyUnited National Congress (from 1989; nominally)
Patriotic Front (from 2020)
Other political
affiliations
  • CLUB '88 (1988–1989)
  • National Alliance for Reconstruction (1986–1988)
  • United Labour Front (1975–1986)
  • Workers and Farmers Party (1965–1966)
  • Democratic Labour Party (1957–1965;

    Basdeo Panday

    POLITICIAN

    1933 - 2024

    Basdeo Panday

    Basdeo Panday (pronounced [bɑːsəd̪eːoː pɑːⁿɖeː]; 25 May 1933 – 1 January 2024) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001. He was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Hindu to hold the office of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was first elected to Parliament in 1976 as the Member for Couva North, Panday served as Leader of the Opposition four times between 1976 and 2010 and was a founding member of the United Labour Front (ULF), the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), and the United National Congress (UNC). Read more on Wikipedia

    Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basdeo Panday has received more than 389,114 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Basdeo Panday is the 14,494th most popular politician (up from 17,071st in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (up from 34th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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    Basdeo Panday

    Trinidadian politician (1933–2024)

    Basdeo Panday (pronounced[bɑːsəd̪eːoːpɑːⁿɖeː]; 25 May 1933 – 1 January 2024) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001. He was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Hindu to hold the office of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was first elected to Parliament in 1976 as the Member for Couva North, Panday served as Leader of the Opposition four times between 1976 and 2010 and was a founding member of the United Labour Front (ULF), the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), and the United National Congress (UNC). He served as leader of the ULF and UNC, and was President General of the All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union from 1973 to 1995.

    He was the chairman and party leader of the United National Congress. In 2006, Panday was convicted of failing to declare a bank account in London and imprisoned; however, on 20 March 2007, that conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal. On 1 May he decided to resign as chairman of the United National Congress, but the party's executive refused to accept his resignation. He lost the party's internal elections on 24 January 2010, to deputy leader and future prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

    In 2005, he was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.

    Early life

    Basdeo Panday was born on 25 May 1933, in the neighborhood of Coonook in St. Julien Village, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago into an Indo-Trinidadian family to Kissoondaye and Harry "Chote" Sookchand Panday. He was the oldest of five children born to his parents and, through his father, he had two elder half-sisters and one younger half-sister. His parents and grandparents were immigrants from

    Basdeo Panday

    The Honourable


    Basdeo Panday

    In office
    November 10, 1995 – December 23, 2001
    PresidentNoor Hassanali
    A. N. R. Robinson
    Preceded byPatrick Manning
    Succeeded byPatrick Manning
    ConstituencyCouva North
    In office
    September 10, 2006 – January 24, 2010
    Preceded byWinston Dookeran
    Succeeded byKamla Persad-Bissessar
    In office
    April 30, 1989 – October 2, 2005
    Succeeded byWinston Dookeran
    Born(1933-05-25)May 25, 1933
    Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago
    DiedJanuary 1, 2024(2024-01-01) (aged 90)
    Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
    Political partyUnited National Congress
    Spouse(s)Oma Panday
    OccupationLawyer
    Politician

    Basdeo Panday (May 25, 1933 – January 1, 2024) was a Trinidadian politician. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served as Prime Minister from 1995 to 2001.

    Panday died on January 1, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 90.

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