The following outlines key changes in the allocation of responsibilities among ministries following the 2025 and 2026 reassignments. The changes, set out in the relevant Gazettes, show which portfolios and state agencies were gained, relinquished or transferred between ministries under the respective ministers.
Office of the Prime Minister —Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Heritage Buildings, Constitutional Reform, National Trust, NALIS, Self-Help Commission, GASHHP, HVIP, Home Improvement Policy, Golden Grove Buccoo Ltd, Oropune Project.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Relinquished: GASHHP, HVIP, Home Improvement Policy, Golden Grove Buccoo Ltd, Self-Help Commission, Oropune Project.
Ministry of Land and Legal Affairs —
Saddam Hosein
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Reclassified (from Legal Affairs).
Gained: Lands & Surveys, Land Management, Squatter Regularisation, Valuation, Land Settlement Agency, Land Survey Board, EMBD.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: Constitutional Reform.
Gained: GASHHP, HVIP, Hydrographic Surveys, Caroni (1975) Ltd, Golden Grove Buccoo Ltd, PSAEL, Rincon Development, Sugar Manufacturing Co., Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Committee, Taurus Services, TRINTOC Services.
Ministry of Housing — David Lee
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Removed: Squatter Regularisation, Home Improvement Policy, HVIP, GASHHP.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: Home Improvement Policy, Oropune Project.
Removed: Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Committee.
Ministry of Finance — Davendranath Tancoo
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: National Health Insurance System, Eximbank.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: Valuation.
Gained: Agricultural Development Bank (ADB).
Removed: Caroni (1975) Ltd, Sugar Manufacturing Co., Taurus Services.
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries — Ravi Ratiram
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Reclassified (from Agriculture, Land and Fisheries).
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: Lands & Surveys, Land Management, Squatter Regularisation, Land Survey Board, Land Settlement Agency, EMBD.
Removed: Hydrographic Surveys, PSAEL, Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Rincon Development Ltd.
Ministry of Public Utilities — Barry Padarath
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Power Generation, Trinidad Generation Unlimited (TGU), POWERGEN.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: On the Job Training (OJT) programme.
Ministry of Defence — Wayne Sturge
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Assigned: Airspace, Counter Terrorism, Defence Force, Cadet Force, Illegal Immigrant & Deportee Management.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: National Emergency/Disaster Management, ODPM, National Emblems Committee, National Mentorship Program.
Removed: Illegal Immigrant & Deportee Management.
Ministry of Homeland Security — Roger Alexander
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Prison System.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
Gained: Illegal Immigrant & Deportee Management.
Removed Disaster Management, ODPM, National Emblems, National Mentorship.
Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries — Dr Roodal Moonilal
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Removed: Power Generation, TGU, POWERGEN.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: TRINTOC Services Limited.
Ministry of the People, Social Development & Family Services — Vandana Mohit
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Geriatric Adolescent Partnership Programme (GAPP).
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: Social Planning, Development & Monitoring.
Gained: National Commission for Self-Help Limited.
Ministry of Health — Dr Lackram Bodoe
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Removed: National Health Insurance System.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: Insect Vector control.
Ministry of Rural Development & Local Government — Khadijah Ameen
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Assigned: Municipal infrastructure, access roads, drainage, local sanitation, URP.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: Insect Vector control.
Ministry of Tertiary Education & Skills Training — Prakash Persad
2025 Reassignments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Assigned: Distance learning, GATE, scholarships, technical institutes, OJT programme.
2026 Reassignments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Removed: On the Job Training (OJT) programme.
