Martin Joseph

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Martin Joseph (c. 1950 – 5 January 2015) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for from 1995 to 2002, and then was appointed as a Government Senator in the Senate.

Biography[]

Joseph received an associates' degree in marine sciences from the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. in the United States. He then went on to receive a bachelors of arts in geography and regional science with a minor in economics from George Washington University and a masters' of science in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.[1]

He served as the chairman of the Board of the Public Transport Service Corporation and as a director of the National Flour Mills Company from 1992 to 1995. He worked as an associate faculty member at Henley's Management College in the United Kingdom, and as a lecturer in strategic management at the University of the West Indies. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002, representing the People's National Movement for the constituency of . He was the Minister of Public Utilities and the Environment from 5 April 2002 until 9 October 2002.[1]

Following the 2002 general election, he was appointed as a Senator. He was Minister of Housing from 10 October 2002 to 9 November 2003, and Minister of National Security from 10 November 2003 to 25 May 2010.[2][3] He served as a member of the Human Resource Management Association, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and the Industrial Relations Research Association in the United States.[1]

Joseph drowned in of Tobago on 5 January 2015. He was 65.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Trinidad and Tobago Parliament". www.ttparliament.org. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  2. ^ a b "Autopsy confirms that Martin Joseph drowned". Trinidad and Tobago Express. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "PNM thrown into mourning, as former National Security Minister drowns in Tobago". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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