Roodal Moonilal

Dr. Roodal Moonilal (born December 2, 1966) is the Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Trinidad and Tobago and the Leader of Government Business in the Lower House of Parliament from 2010 to present. Dr. Moonilal is also the current Member of Parliament for Oropouche East from 2010–present, and has served as the Member of Parliament for Oropouche from 2002–2007. He possesses a B.Sc. Degree (Hons.) in Government from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, an LLB degree in law from the University of London, a Master of Arts Degree in Labour and Development and a Ph.D. in Development Studies from the Government of the Netherlands Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, where he specialized in Industrialization, Labour Relations and Urban Employment. His thesis received the first cum laude distinction in the history of the Ph.D. program at the Institute of Social Studies.

Dr. Moonilal was a part-time tutor in Politics at UWI (1988-91, 1993-94, 1996), worked as Head of the Department of Education, Research and Training, All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers Trade Union (1989-91, 1993-95) and was a Teaching and Research Assistant (TRA) Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (1995, 1997-98). He was also Advisor to ATS/GWTU (1999), served as Industrial Relations Consultant/Advisor to the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA), Port-of-Spain (1999-2000), lectured part-time at UWI, St. Augustine (1999-2000) and was Lecturer, Institute of Social Studies; Holland (May-June 2000). In 1999, he was Director, Policy Monitoring Unit, Office of the Prime Minister.

Dr. Moonilal lectured in the areas of Industrial Relations and Human Resouce Management (HRM) at the UWI, St. Augustine and worked as an Industrial Relations consultant in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean.

Dr. Moonilal is married to Natasha Moonilal.

External links

• Executive Profile of Dr. Moonilal