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Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has sworn in the new cabinet four days after toppling the PNM government in national elections. In making the announcement, the newly installed prime minister said the team possesses diverse skills and expertise. She also sought to warn ministers that they should neither become "aloof" nor accept mediocrity. "Never become aloof, stay grounded, keep connected to the people, earn their respect," she said, adding there is "no room for personal egos."

"This is not about us, it is about the people, they have the power to dismiss us," she said, warning also that "there is no room for arrogance" and no "time for personal agendas".

Among those taking the oath before President George Maxwell Richards was the Vice President of FIFA, Austin Jack Warner, who is also chairman of the United National Congress. He was sworn in as Minister of Works and Transport, while former head of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, Brigadier John Sandy was named Minister of National Security.

The former President of the powerful Oilfield Workers Trade Union, Errol Mcleod, was named Minister of Labour, Small and Macro Enterprise Development. Former Central Bank governor and leader of the Congress of the People party, Winston Dookeran, was sworn in as Minister of Finance, while former independent senator Mary King was given the portfolio of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs.

Controversial former High Court judge Hubert Volney was sworn in as minister of justice, while attorney Prakash Ramadhar was named Minister of Legal Affairs. Former speaker of the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, Dr Rupert Griffith was named minister of tourism, while the new Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs is the former national swim coach and talk show host, Anil Roberts.

The newly created Ministry of Tobago Development has been handed to Vernalla Alleyne Toppin, the successful Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) candidate, while Nizam Baksh, a long serving legislator, has been named Minister of Community Development. Stephen Cadiz is the new Minister of Trade and Industry, while the Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs is Carolyn Seepersad Bachan.

Former mayor of Chaguanas, Surujrattan Rambachan is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, while Dr Roodial Moonilal is the Minister of Housing and the Environment. Vasant Bharath, who was not considered among the candidates to contest the elections has been sworn in as the Minister of Food Production, Lands and Marine Affairs, while Chandresh Sharma is the Minister of Local Government. Former calypso monarch, Winston 'Gypsy' Peters, is the Minister of Arts and Culture, while the Minister of Public Utilities is Emmanuel George.

New Trinidad and Tobago Cabinet

• Prime Minister and Minister of Information and Communication: Kamla Persad Bissessar
• Attorney General: Anand Ramlogan
• Minister of Finance: Winston Dookeran
• Minister of Works and Transport: Austin Jack Warner
• Minister of Education: Dr. Tim Goopeesingh
• Minister of Justice: Hubert Volney
• Minister of Legal Affairs: Prakash Ramadhar
• Minister of Labour, Small and Macro Enterprise Development: Errol Mcleod
• Minister of Housing and Environment: Dr. Roodial Moonilal
• Minister of Trade and Industry: Stephen Cadiz
• Minister of Arts and Culture: Winston Peters
• Minister of National Security: Brigadier John Sandy
• Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs: Carolyn Seepersad Bachan
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Surujrattan Rambachan
• Minister of Public Administration: Nan Ramgoolam
• Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education: Fazal Karim
• Minister of Public Utilities: Emmanuel George
• Minister of Health: Teres Baptiste Cornelius
• Minister of Food Production, Lands and Marine Affairs: Vasant Bharath
• Minister of Planning, Economic Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs: Mary King
• Minister of Local Government: Chandresh Sharma
• Minister of Tourism: Dr. Rupert Griffith
• Minister of Peoples and Social Development: Dr. Glen Ramdharsingh
• Minister of Community Development: Nizam Baksh
• Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs: Anil Roberts
• Minister of Tobago Development: Vernalla Alleyne Toppin