Jennifer Cassar

Jennifer Cassar
Cassar in 2016
Carib Queen
ReignAugust 6, 2011 – July 19, 2018
PredecessorValentina Medina
SuccessorNona Aquan
BornJennifer Pile
(1951-08-04)August 4, 1951
Malabar, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
DiedJuly 19, 2018(2018-07-19) (aged 66)
Malabar, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
SpouseAugustin Cassar (?–2018; her death)
OccupationCivil servant
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Jennifer Cassar (August 4, 1951 – July 19, 2018) was a Trinidadian cultural activist and civil servant. Cassar served as the Carib Queen, a leader of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community and the indigenous community in Trinidad and Tobago, from 2011 until her death in 2018.[1][2] Cassar, a career civil servant and the sixth Carib Queen since the title's creation in 1875, was the first Carib Queen to hold a secular job.[3]

  1. ^ "Tributes for queen of First Peoples". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 2018-07-20. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  2. ^ Matroo, Carol (2018-07-21). "The Carib Queen is dead". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  3. ^ "Carib Queen passes". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 2018-07-26. Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2018-08-16.