Marina Fatima Confait is a

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retired civil servant. She served as Vice-Chancellor of the

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from March 2012 to February 2014, and as Principal Secretary of the

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from 2019 to 2021.

Biography

Confait's first role was in January 1977 as a

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teacher. She went on to work in a variety of ministries. She also served as Chief Executive Officer of the National Human Resources Development Council (NHRDC). She studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, completing her degree in 1997. In March 2012, she was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the

. In February 2014, she resigned to pursue her PhD at

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, graduating in 2018. In February 2019, Confait became the Principal Secretary in the

. She continued in this position until her retirement in 2021.

References

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