Paula-Mae Weekes

Paula-Mae Weekes 2019

Paula-Mae Weekes (born 23 December 1958) is a Trinidadian politician and jurist who was the sixth president of Trinidad and Tobago from 2018 to 2023. She is the first female President of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the second female head of state in Trinidad and Tobago after Elizabeth II and the second female president of African descent in the Americas following Ertha Pascal-Trouillot.

Quotes

• “I identified my role as humble first servant”
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• “I have endured the maddening inefficiencies of the public sector”
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• ‘If I need to get to Tobago… I would not be certain if or when I would arrive.
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• “Our destinies, that is mine and that of the nation, are inextricably linked.
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• “We can lament…or make up a hard mind to make T&T a better place.”
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• “Be a light…Get to work on time and actually do some work while you’re there.”
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• “Let’s just not meet for meeting sake, we don’t have that luxury”
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• If you feel you’re going to leave me alone to do all the heavy lifting…”
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