Carson Charles is a

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and former Minister of Works and Transportation. He is the political leader of the

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(NAR). After the resignation of A.N.R. Robinson as NAR leader in 1991 following defeat in the 1991 General Elections, Charles stepped in as party leader in 1992, but was replaced by

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in 1993. He then went on to form the short-lived National Development Party, before contesting the St. Ann's East

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on a

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ticket in 2002. He then returned to the NAR, where in the capacity of deputy political leader he tried unsuccessfully to negotiate an agreement in the

Democratic Action Congress The Democratic Action Congress (DAC) was a Tobago-based political party in Trinidad and Tobago. History The party was established in 1971 by A. N. R. Robinson, and was originally an autonomist party. It first contested general elections in 1976, ...

before the 2005

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elections. On October 23, 2005 Charles was elected political leader of the NAR, replacing outgoing leader Lennox Sankersingh. In December 2007, he was made a senator the Leader of the Opposition. In July 2010, he was named as the President of National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO).

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