Leo Des Vignes was a Trinidadian

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...

 politician. He served as Member of Parliament

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago

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 for the constituency of Diego Martin Central from January 12, 1987 until his death on August 1, 1990. He also served as a Parliamentary Secretary

Parliamentary Secretary

A Parliamentary Secretary is a member of a Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with his or her duties.In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, it is customary for the prime minister to...

 during that time. He was a member of the National Alliance for Reconstruction

National Alliance for Reconstruction

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He was injured during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt

Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt

On Friday 27 July 1990, 114 members of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, an Afro-Trinidadian Islamic organisation, led by Imam Yasin Abu Bakr and Bilaal Abdullah attempted to stage a coup d'état against the government of Trinidad and Tobago. Forty-two insurgents stormed the Red House and took the Prime...

on July 27, 1990, and hospitalised. He died of his injuries on August 1.