| Tara Rivers | |
| Office: | Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs |
| Term Start: | 24 May 2017 |
| Office2: | Minister of Education |
| Term Start2: | 29 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 24 May 2017 |
| Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
| Governor2: | Helen Kilpatrick |
| Term Start3: | 29 May 2013 |
| Monarch3: | Elizabeth II |
| Premier 3: | Alden McLaughlin |
| Governor3: | Helen Kilpatrick |
| Birth Name: | Tara Antoinette Rivers |
| Nationality: | Caymanian |
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Tara Rivers is a Caymanian politician, currently the Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs, and previously the Minister of Education.
At the age of 15, she received a scholarship from United World Colleges.[1] She attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she studied psychology. Rivers then went to York University in Toronto, Ontario, where she earned a degree in law at Osgoode Hall Law School and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Schulich School of Business. Following graduation, Rivers initially worked as a lawyer in London, before moving back to the Cayman Islands where she became a civil servant. During that period, she was involved in the national youth policy and helped to set up the Women’s Resource Centre.[2]
She stood for election at the Caymanian general election, 2013, in the West Bay South. Following election, she was named as the Minister for Education.[2] During her time as Education Minister, there was a 42% increase in the number of students undertaking scholarships within the Cayman Islands.[3] Following re-election at the 2017 general election, she became the new Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs.[2] She spoke of the issues with Cayman banks foreclosing on loans in November 2017.[4] She was one of several Cayman politicians who had fake Facebook pages set up in order to solicit money from followers.[5]