Colm Imbert
Overview
Politician
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from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, a member of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
The House of Representatives is the elected Lower House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The House of Representatives sits in the Red House in Port of Spain. It has 41 members, each elected to represent single-seat constituencies...
and the People's National Movement
People's National Movement
The People's National Movement is the present-day opposition political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1955 by Eric Williams, it won the 1956 General Elections and went on to hold power for an unbroken 30 years. After the death of Williams in 1981 George Chambers led the party...
(PNM). He is also the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for the constituency of Diego Martin
Diego Martin
Diego Martin is a town in northwestern Trinidad, just north-west of the capital Port of Spain and east of Carenage. The Diego Martin Valley in the Northern Range was once filled with a number of small villages but is now a densely populated area. It was named after a Spanish explorer Don Diego...
North/East, which he has represented since December 1991.
Imbert has held the portfolios of Minister of Health (2001-2003), Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education (2003-2005), Minister of Works and Transport (199
1-1995 and 2005-2010) and Minister of Local Government (1993-1995), as well as Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives (2007-2010) during his 20-year Parliamentary career.
Quotations
A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast,And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast.And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like the eagle freeAway the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee.
"A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea".
While the hollow oak our palace is,Our heritage the sea.
"A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea", line 23.
When looks were fond and words were few.
"The Poet's Bridal-day Song", line 20.