{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = | honorific_suffix = Senator | image = | office = Senator of Trinidad and Tobago | term_start = 3 May 2025 | term_end = | term_start1 = 10 September 1990 | term_end1 = 19 November 1991 | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | party = United National Congress | alma_mater = | other_party = }}
'''Prakash Persad''' is a Trinidad and Tobago politician representing the United National Congress (UNC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator the Honourable Prof. Prakash Persad |url=https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/prof-prakash-persad/ |website=Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>
== Career == Persad was President of the University of Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Rishard |date=2024-08-04 |title=UTT president to speak at Hindu conference in Guyana |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2024/08/04/utt-president-to-speak-at-hindu-conference-in-guyana/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}</ref> Following the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election, he joined the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Newsday |date=2025-05-03 |title=Eight new senators named |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2025/05/03/eight-new-senators-named/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}</ref> He was appointed Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training by prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=New Cabinet sworn In: Full list of appointments |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/new-cabinet-sworn-in-full-list-of-appointments/article_f29e11bb-de0f-4d44-89ee-bdd4ea0b318a.html |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Prakash Persad is Hindu.<ref name=":0" />
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