Anita Haynes
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Anita Haynes Alleyne | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Tabaquite | |
| In office 19 August 2020 – 18 March 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keith Rowley |
| Preceded by | Surujrattan Rambachan |
| Succeeded by | Sean Sobers |
| Personal details | |
| Party | United National Congress |
Anita Haynes-Alleyne was a Trinidad and Tobago politician representing the United National Congress (UNC).
She served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Tabaquite from the 2020 general election until 2025. She was previously an Opposition Senator from 2017 to 2020 under the UNC.[1]
She is the first female MP for Tabaquite.[2]
Haynes grew up in Piparo, Trinidad. Her father is a police officer and her mother is a real estate agent, and she is the eldest of three daughters. She graduated from St Joseph's Convent, San Fernando in 2006, where she was the president of the debating team.[2] She attended St John's University in New York on a full scholarship where she initially studied finance before switching her major to government and politics. She moved back to Trinidad and Tobago in 2011 when Kamla Persad-Bissessar was elected as the first female prime minister.[3] She also received a Law degree from the University of London.[4]