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Paula-Mae Weekes
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Keith Rowley
- Preceded by
- Anthony Carmona
- Succeeded by
- Christine Kangaloo
- Born
- ( 1958-12-23 ) 23 December 1958 (age 67) , Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
- Party
- Independent
- Alma mater
- University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Hugh Wooding Law School
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mae
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Place of birth
- Port of Spain
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- President of Trinidad and Tobago
- Political party
- independent politician
- Image
- Paula-Mae Weekes 2019.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1958-12-23
- name in native language
- Paula-Mae Weekes
- candidacy in election
- 2018 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election
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- Paula-Mae Weekes
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- Paula-Mae Weekes
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Encyclopedic overview
Paula-Mae Weekes ORTT (born 23 December 1958) is a Trinidadian politician and jurist who was the sixth president of Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2023. She is the first female President of Trinidad and Tobago, the second female head of state after Queen Elizabeth II, and the second woman of African ancestry to become a president in the western hemisphere, following Ertha Pascal-Trouillot of Haiti.
Career
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