Trinidad & Tobago: Bridgid Annisette-George elected Speaker of the House

Bridgid Annisette-George has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of Trinidad & Tobago.

Annisette-George previously served as Attorney General of the twin-island nation in the Patrick Manning administration between 2007 and 2009, and has also served as the Commissioner of the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission in 2003 as as chairperson of the Diego Martin Regional Corporation between 1999 and 2003.

Trinidad & Tobago’s House of Representatives reconvened Wednesday, September 21, after the general election that swept the Keith Rowley adminsitration into power.