{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | constituency_MP = Oropouche West | term_start = 24 May 2010 | term_end = 7 September 2015 | predecessor = Mickela Panday | successor = Vidia Gayadeen-Gopeesingh | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | party = UNC | alma_mater = University of the West Indies }} '''Stacy Roopnarine''' is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the United National Congress.
== Career == She was MP for Oropouche West in the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2015. At 25, she was the youngest candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Small |first=Essi-ba |title=Stacy Roopnarine ready to Lead |url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.334433.b8e41345ad |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.guardian.co.tt |language=en}}</ref>
She was Minister of State in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure in the People's Partnership government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-06 |title=New contractors at NP |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/new-contractors-at-np/article_9f751898-82ee-52b1-8501-236afa505b3c.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}}</ref> In March 2015, she was moved to the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-02 |title=Stacy: I will do my best |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/stacy-i-will-do-my-best/article_338fd95a-3d7f-59f8-abcd-ab1fc11d8752.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}}</ref> She is a member of The Women Parliamentarians of TT (WPTT).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rupert |first=Enrique |date=2025-02-09 |title=Women parliamentarians launch new programme for future leaders |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2025/02/09/women-parliamentarians-launch-new-programme-for-future-leaders/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US |archive-date=22 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322033141/https://newsday.co.tt/2025/02/09/women-parliamentarians-launch-new-programme-for-future-leaders/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Personal life == She married her husband Damian Lyder in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-11 |title=Stacy Roopnarine gets married |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/stacy-roopnarine-gets-married/article_ed3c6cbf-a372-5022-a936-ed530f1c4738.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/stacy-roopnarine/ Page] at the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
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