Karen Nunez-Tesheira

Karen Nunez-Tesheira is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and attorney. She joined the People's National Movement (PNM) in the late 1990s. She became Member of Parliament for D'Abadie/O'Meara,[1] and was appointed the Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago in Patrick Manning's cabinet in 2007.[2] Her government was defeated by Kamla Persad-Bissessar of the UNC in the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago general election, in which Nunez-Tesheira lost her parliamentary seat.

In December 2022 Nunez-Tesheira unsuccessfully challenged Keith Rowley in an internal election for the People's National Movement leadership. In August 2023 she resigned from the PNM, declaring that "democracy is under threat" in Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

  1. ^ a b Connelly, Corey (10 August 2023). "[UPDATED] Ex-finance minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira resigns from PNM". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ Turner, B., ed. (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. xxv. ISBN 9781349740277.