Basdeo Panday

The Honourable
Basdeo Panday
The Honourable Basdeo Panday
	Panday in 2008
5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
	In office; 9 November 1995 – 24 December 2001
President	Noor Mohamed Hassanali; A. N. R. Robinson
Preceded by	Patrick Manning
Succeeded by	Patrick Manning
Ministry and Departments	In office; 25 January 2001 – 24 December 2001
Additional ministries
	In office; 25 January 2001 – 24 December 2001
Ministry and Departments	Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago
Preceded by	Joseph Theodore
Succeeded by	Howard Chin Lee
4th Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago
	In office; 17 December 2007 – 24 February 2010
Preceded by	Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Succeeded by	Kamla Persad-Bissessar
	In office; 17 October 2002 – 23 April 2006
Preceded by	Patrick Manning
Succeeded by	Kamla Persad-Bissessar
	In office; 10 September 1990 – 8 November 1995
Preceded by	Patrick Manning
Succeeded by	Patrick Manning
	In office; 24 September 1976 – 29 October 1986
Preceded by	Raffique Shah
Succeeded by	Patrick Manning
1st and 3rd Political Leader of the United National Congress
	In office; 10 September 2006 – 24 January 2010
Preceded by	Winston Dookeran
Succeeded by	Kamla Persad-Bissessar
	In office; 16 October 1988 – 2 October 2005
Preceded by	Inaugural holder
Succeeded by	Winston Dookeran
9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago
	In office; 12 January 1987 – 8 February 1988
Preceded by	Errol Mahabir
Succeeded by	Sahadeo Basdeo
Member of Parliament; for Couva North
	In office; 13 September 1976 – 24 May 2010
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Ramona Ramdial
Opposition Member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
	In office; 15 Sep 1972 – 19 Jun 1976
President General of All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union
	In office; 1978–1995
Preceded by	Himself as President General of ATSEFWU
Succeeded by	Boysie Moore-Jones
President General of All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union
	In office; 1973–1978
Preceded by	Krishna Gowandan
Succeeded by	Himself as President General of ATSGWTU
Personal details
Born	25 May 1933; St. Julien Village, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago
Died	1 January 2024 (aged 90); Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Ashes scattered in the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality	Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Political party	United National Congress (from 1989; nominally); Patriotic Front (from 2020)
Other political; affiliations	CLUB '88 (1988–1989); National Alliance for Reconstruction (1986–1988); United Labour Front (1975–1986); Workers and Farmers Party (1965–1966); Democratic Labour Party (1957–1965; 1966–1976);
Spouse(s)	Norma Mohammed (died 1981); Oma Ramkissoon
Relatives	Sam Boodram (brother-in-law)
Residence(s)	Bryan’s Gate, Phillipine, Penal-Debe, Trinidad and Tobago
Education	Presentation College, San Fernando
Alma mater	University of London (BS); Inns of Court School of Law; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art;
Occupation	Politician; lawyer; actor; economist;
Awards	Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (2005)
Nickname	The Silver Fox

Basdeo Panday (pronounced [bɑːsəd̪eːoː pɑːⁿɖeː]; 25 May 1933 – 1 January 2024) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001. He was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Hindu to hold the office of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was first elected to Parliament in 1976 as the Member for Couva North, Panday served as Leader of the Opposition four times between 1976 and 2010 and was a founding member of the United Labour Front (ULF), the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), and the United National Congress (UNC). He served as leader of the ULF and UNC, and was President General of the All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union from 1973 to 1995.

He was the chairman and party leader of the United National Congress. In 2006, Panday was convicted of failing to declare a bank account in London and imprisoned; however, on 20 March 2007, that conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal. On 1 May he decided to resign as chairman of the United National Congress, but the party's executive refused to accept his resignation. He lost the party's internal elections on 24 January 2010, to deputy leader and now former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

In 2005, he was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.

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