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The United National Congress (abbr. UNC or UNCTT) is one of two major political parties in Trinidad and Tobago and the current parliamentary opposition. The UNC is a centre-left party. [ 22 ] It was founded in 1989 by Basdeo Panday , a Trinidadian lawyer, economist, trade unionist, and actor after a split in the ruling National Alliance for ...
The People's Partnership (PP) was a political coalition in Trinidad and Tobago among five political parties: the United National Congress (UNC), the Congress of the People (COP), the Tobago Organization of the People (TOP), Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) and National Joint Action Committee (NJAC).
The 2020 United National Congress leadership election was held on Sunday, 6 December 2020, [1] after Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the current leader of the UNC, faced losses commencing in January 2013 with the wipeout of her People's Partnership-led administration from the Tobago House of Assembly at the 2013 election, loss in the 2015 Trinidad and Tobago general election and loss ...
The United National Congress (UNC) under the leadership of Basdeo Panday also won 17 seats and formed a coalition government with the National Alliance for Reconstruction which had won the remaining two seats. The PNM was further weakened when two MPs resigned from the party and threw their support behind the UNC government.
Trinidad and Tobago has a de facto two-party system. The People's National Movement (PNM) and the United National Congress (UNC) are the two biggest political parties, and have supplied every Prime Minister since 1991. The PNM has governed Trinidad and Tobago from 1956–86, 1991–95, and 2001 to 2010, and currently serves as the government ...
The 2022 United National Congress leadership election took place on 26 June 2022.Kamla Persad-Bissessar, political leader of the United National Congress, Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago, former Prime Minister, and Member of Parliament for Siparia, went up for re-election with her slate of candidates on the Star Team.
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The COP together with the United National Congress (UNC) went on to form the Opposition of Trinidad & Tobago. With continued fallout from the election defeat and the judgement of the high court, Ramadhar resigned as political leader in February 2016, a year before his term of office ended. [ 2 ]