Knowlson Gift is a politician in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
. He is a member of the
People's National Movement
The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's history, contesting all elections sinc ...
. Gift served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
between May 7 and May 17, 1995, but resigned in the face of allegations of financial improprieties at the end of his stint as
High Commissioner to
Jamaica
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, where he served between 1984 and 1987. He was re-appointed to the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
and as Minister of Foreign Affairs
in 2001 when
Patrick Manning
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 Ma ...
was re-appointed Prime Minister. He served as foreign minister until October 2006.
References
Foreign ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
Government ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
High Commissioners of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica
Living people
Members of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)
People's National Movement politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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