Occah Seapaul
Occah Seapaul | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago | |
| In office 13 January 1992 – 26 November 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Patrick Manning |
| Preceded by | Nizam Mohammed |
| Succeeded by | Hector McClean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1940 |
Occah Seapaul is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer and former Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Seapaul was born on 4 April 1940.[1] She is an attorney.[2] She was called to the bar in London in June 1964.[1] She was the first woman to hold the position Master of the Court in the Caribbean. She was also the first woman appointed as deputy director of public prosecution.[1]
Seapaul was elected as the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives on 13 January 1992.[1] The government of Patrick Manning placed her under house arrest in August 1995,[3] because she was allegedly collaborating with the opposition of United National Congress when an MP of Manning's People's National Movement was expelled from the Parliament.[4] She eventually ceased to hold the speakership on 26 November 1995.[2]
Ralph Maraj is the brother is Seapaul.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "General Information 2018 - Parliament of T&T by The Art Bank Limited". issuu.com. Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. 2 February 2023.
- ^ a b "The Honourable Occah Seapaul". www.ttparliament.org. Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago.
- ^ "World News Briefs; Trinidad House Speaker Put Under House Arrest". The New York Times. 5 August 1995.
- ^ Pemberton, Rita; McCollin, Debbie; Matthews, Gelien; Toussaint, Michael (19 March 2018). "Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago". Rowman & Littlefield.
- ^ "Men and women of principle". www.guardian.co.tt.