Gerald Yetming is a Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

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 politician

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 and businessman. Since 2002 he has served as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 representing the constituency of St. Joseph

Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago

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 in the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago

House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago

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 for the Opposition United National Congress

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 (UNC). Prior to that he was a Senator

Senate of Trinidad and Tobago

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 from 2000 to 2001 and Minister of Finance.

A founding member of the Organisation for National Reconstruction

Organisation for National Reconstruction

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, Yetming served as High Commissioner

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 to Canada

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 between 1987 and 1989. Between 1964 and 2000 he worked for the Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada

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 and later its successor company, the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago was one of the larger commercial banks of Trinidad and Tobago. As a subsidiary of RBTT Financial Holdings Limited, RBTT was one of the largest commercial banking corporations in the Caribbean region with a group asset base of over US$6.2 billion dollars...

, retiring as Group Director - Regional Banking RBTT Financial Holdings Ltd.

Following the election of Winston Dookeran

Winston Dookeran

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 as UNC political leader in October 2005, Yetming announced that he no longer supported former UNC politician leader Basdeo Panday

Basdeo Panday

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 as Leader of the Opposition

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and has moved to the Opposition back benches.

On 8 March 2006, Yetming officially resigned from the United National Congress party. He remains the MP for the St. Joseph constituency and has said that he will operate as an independent Member of Parliament.

External links

• Government biography from Nalis.