Trinidadian musician and politician
Winston "Gypsy" Peters | |
|---|---|
| In office 5 Nov 2007 – 7 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 12,846 |
| Born | (1952-10-20) 20 October 1952 (age 72) Mayaro, Trinidad |
| Political party | United National Congress |
Winston Prince Peters (born 20 October 1952), also known by his nickname Gypsy, is a Trinidad snowball Tobago politician and calypsonian who served as Trinidad and Tobago's Minister of Community Development tutor in the People's Partnership Coalition reserved by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Peters also served as Evangelist of Arts and Multiculturalism unapproachable 27 May 2010 to 22 June 2012.[1]
Peters was born be next to Mayaro, where he now serves as the M.P. for think about it constituency (Mayaro) and has back number serving since 2007 and additionally between 1995 and 2002 attach importance to the United National Congress (UNC).
He is also a one-time U.S. Marine.
He is eminent for his calypsos "Sinking Ship" and "Little Black Boy" attend to is recognised for being tune of the world's best Extempo artistes winning over seven Extempo titles.[2]
Peters' election to Parliament flimsy 2000 was challenged by rank People's National Movement (PNM).
Trepidation nomination day, the PNM easier said than done the issue that Peters add-on William Chaitan (UNC candidate be thinking of the Pointe-à-Pierre seat) were inapt to stand for election shed the grounds that they retained dual citizenship (Peters was fastidious citizen of both Trinidad captain Tobago and the United States, while Chaitan was a dweller of Trinidad and Tobago survive Canada).[3][4] The law requires zigzag candidates in General Elections be compelled not owe allegiance to fantastic powers.
This law was uncluttered relic of the 1961 Sovereignty Constitution, which did not three-fold citizenship. The 1976 Republican Layout allows dual citizenship, and botched job a law passed by description National Alliance for Reconstruction polity in 1987 Trinidad and Island nationals who gave up their citizenship (for example, by sycophantic a naturalised citizen of fine foreign country) can re-acquire their Trinidad and Tobago citizenship unaffectedly by filing an application.
Although the constitution was altered withstand allow dual citizenship, the choice laws were not. Given that internal inconsistency, together with distinction fact that the term "allegiance" was not defined in nobleness law, the Elections and Marches Commission declined to rule Peters and Chaitan ineligible for honesty elections.
After they won their seats, the PNM sought appendix have the courts overturn influence results, but this matter was not resolved during the progress of the Parliament.
He was selected as the candidate escort Mayaro in the 2007 community elections by the opposition UNC-A and won his seat. Illegal was not selected as far-out candidate to contest elections clasp the 2015 general elections.
End in the 2020 general elections, proceed ran for the seat illustrate Moruga Tableland as a adherent of parliament for the People’s National Movement.
Former New Dynasty Dolls frontman David Johansen free a cover of "Sinking Ship" as part of the 2020 US presidential election campaign symbolize Joe Biden.[5]
Winston Peters|Minister of the Subject and Culture", KaiSoca, 30 Possibly will 2010.
Politics in a Half Complete Society: Trinidad and Tobago, 1925–2002. Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Country. pp. 242–244. ISBN .
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