Tracy Davidson-Celestine | |
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Political Leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement and Deputy leader of the People's National Movement | |
In office 26 January 2020 – 1 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Kelvin Charles |
Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to Costa Rica | |
In office 26 April 2017 – 29 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sandra Honore |
Personal details | |
Born | Tracy Petulia Davidson 20 September 1978 Roxborough, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago |
Political party | Tobago Council of the People's National Movement |
Other political affiliations | People's National Movement |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies Australian Institute of Business |
Occupation | Ambassador politician |
Tracy Petulia Davidson-Celestine[1][2] (born 20 September 1978) is a Tobagonian politician who is the former Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development, as well as a former Councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) becoming one of the leading members addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Tobago.[3] She is the first female political leader in the THA, a defeated Chief Secretary candidate, the first woman to lead a Tobagonian party with representation in the House of Representatives and Tobago House of Assembly and one of the first bilingual political leaders in Trinidad and Tobago, as a result she has been popularly referred to by the nickname Boss Lady.[4][5]
She previously served as Trinidad and Tobago's Ambassador to Costa Rica 2017 to 2020 before being elected as political leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement since the 2020 leadership election, where she became the first female political leader of the People's National Movement in a regional or national capacity.
She previously served as Deputy Chief Secretary, tourism secretary and councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly.[6][7]