The Honorable Fitzgerald Hinds was appointed Minister of Youth Development and National Service on August 19, 2020.

On Monday September 7, 2015 Mr. Fitzgerald Ethelbert Hinds was re-elected to the House of Representatives as the Member of Parliament for Laventille West in the 11th Parliament.

Mr. Hinds was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1995, and served for 12 years as the Member for Laventille East/Morvant. An attorney-at-law by profession, Mr. Hinds served in Opposition between 1995 and 2001. During the 8th Republican Parliament, Mr. Hinds served as Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security.

Mr. Hinds also served as an Opposition Senator in the 10th Parliament. 

Maiden Contribution

The House of Representatives - Friday December 8, 1995
Motion - Take Note of the 17th Annual Report of the Ombudsman

Portfolios Held

1.    Minister of Public Utilities
   

   18 May 2020 to present 
2.  Minister in the Ministry of Attorney General and Legal Affairs
    29 June, 2017 - Present
3.   Minister of Public Utilities
4. 31 October, 2016 - June 28, 2017
5. 
   
   Minister of Works and Transport
   11 September, 2015 - 30 October, 2016
6. 
   
   Opposition Senator (Temporary)
   10 December, 2013 - 31 March, 2015
7. 
   
   Opposition Senator
   18 June, 2010 - 3 December, 2013
8. 
   
   Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and in the Ministry of Trade and Industry
   1 June, 2004 - 7 November, 2007
9. 
   
   Government Member
   17 October, 2002 - 31 May, 2004
10. 
    
    Minister of State in the Ministry of Public Administration and Information
    28 December, 2001 - 9 October, 2002
11. 
    
    Opposition Member
    12 January, 2001 - 9 October, 2001
12. 
    
    Opposition Member
    27 November, 1995 - 3 November, 2000