| Camille Robinson-Regis | |
| Office: | Minister of Social Development and Family Services |
| Term Start: | 30 December 2019 |
| Office2: | Minister of Planning and Development |
| Term Start2: | 11 September 2015 |
| Term End2: | 30 December 2019 |
| Office3: | Trinidadian High Commissioner to Canada |
| Term Start3: | 2007 |
| Term End3: | 2010 |
| Office4: | Minister of Planning and Development |
| Term Start4: | 10 November 2003 |
| Term End4: | 7 November 2007 |
| Office5: | Minister of Legal Affairs |
| Term Start5: | 26 December 2001 |
| Term End5: | 9 November 2003 |
| Office6: | Minister of Consumer Affairs |
| Term Start6: | 25 January 1994 |
| Term End6: | 6 October 1995 |
| Office7: | Minister of Information |
| Term Start7: | 9 January 1992 |
| Term End7: | 24 January 1994 |
| Primeminister7: | Patrick Manning |
| Office8: | Member of Parliament for Arouca/Maloney |
| Term Start8: | 7 September 2015 |
| Predecessor8: | Alicia Hospedales |
| Party: | People's National Movement |
| Education: | Bishop Anstey High School |
| Alma Mater: | University of the West Indies Norman Manley Law School |
Camille Robinson-Regis is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer and politician, representing the People's National Movement. She was first elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Arouca South in 1992 and is the current Member of Parliament for Arouca/Maloney. She is the Minister of Planning and Development, the Lady Vice-Chairman of the People's National Movement, and the Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives.[1]
Robinson-Regis attended Bishop Anstey High School before studying law at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine.[2] She holds a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica.[3] She worked as corporate secretary at the National Flour Mills and was admitted to the bar of Trinidad and Tobago in 1985.[2]
Robinson-Regis is a member of the People's National Movement (PNM) and was appointed to the Senate in 1992. She was appointed Minister of Information on 9 January that year, becoming the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet. She became Minister of Consumer Affairs on 25 January 1994, a position she held until 6 October 1995. Robinson-Regis was elected to the House of Representatives for the constituency of Arouca South on 27 November 1995, a seat she held until 2007. The PNM was returned to government in December 2001 and Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Legal Affairs on 26 December. She became Minister of Planning and Development on 10 November 2003 and held that role until 7 November 2007.
From 2007 to 2010, Robinson-Regis served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to Canada. The PNM was in opposition after 2010 and was appointed a temporary senator for the party on 7 February 2012. She became a full senator on 10 December 2013 and remained in the senate until 17 June 2015. She was returned to the House of Representatives for the Arouca/Maloney constituency in the 7 September 2015 general election. Robinson-Regis was appointed Minister of Planning and Development on 11 September 2015. She has been governor of the Caribbean Development Bank since 1 January 2016.[4] She was appointed Minister of Social Development and Family Services on 30 December 2019.[5]
Robinson-Regis was accused of using racist rhetoric against Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians. In response to accusations made by the opposition party of her party, the PNM, running a pedophile ring, Robinson-Regis at a meeting in June 2022 was accused of using the Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar's full name "Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar" as a way of mocking her ethnic name in an attempt to race-bait, and ridicule and mock Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians to take attention away from the accusations.[6] [7] [8]