Linda Baboolal
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Early life and education
Linda Mohan was born in Siparia, Trinidad to parents Solomon and Sylvia Mohan. She was the eldest child of six — five girls and one boy.
Career
Her childhood dream was to become a medical doctor - which she accomplished along with her husband, Michael Baboolal, in Dublin, Ireland. She interned at the Port of Spain General Hospital.Template:Fact
After their children were grown, she was approached by a new political party, National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), to be one of their candidates for election to government. She considered this at the time, but due to time constraints she declined.Template:Fact
She was actively involved in many charitable organizations - especially with the drug addiction rehabilitation center at Mount St. Benedict - which was the first of its kind in the country.Template:Fact
In 1991, she was again approached by the PNM to be a candidate in the general election and this time she accepted. She was the representative for the San Juan/Barataria constituency. She was appointed Minister of Social Services and then Minister of Health. At the following election, she lost her seat to the opposition but was then made the first female chairperson of the PNM.Template:Fact
She did not run for the next election but was still active in the party. She was President of the Senate - during which time she acted as President of Trinidad and Tobago on numerous occasions.Template:Fact
Personal life
She was married to Michael Baboolal.Template:Fact She died in 2019.[3]
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- Presidents of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Government ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
- People's National Movement politicians
- Women government ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
- Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian people
- Trinidad and Tobago politicians of Indian descent
- Members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)
- 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago women politicians
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