Hazel Manning

{{Short description|Trinbagonian politician (born 1949)}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

|name = Hazel Manning

|image = Hazel Manning.jpg

|caption = Hazel Manning

|office = Minister of Local Government

|primeminister = Patrick Manning

|term_start = 8 November 2007

|term_end = 25 May 2010

|predecessor =

|successor = Kamla Persad-Bissessar

|office2 = Minister of Education

|primeminister2 = Patrick Manning

|term_start2 = 26 December 2001

|term_end2 = 7 November 2007

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 =Dr. Keith Rowley

|office3 = Spouse of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

|primeminister3 = Patrick Manning

|term_start3 = 24 December 2001

|term_end3 = 26 May 2010

|predecessor3 = Oma Panday

|successor3 = Gregory Bissessar

|office4 = Spouse of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

|primeminister4 = Patrick Manning

|term_start4 = 17 December 1991

|term_end4 = 9 November 1995

|predecessor4 = Patricia Robinson

|successor4 = Oma Panday

|birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth year and age|1949|8}}

|birth_place = San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

|death_date =

|death_place =

|birthname =

|party = People's National Movement

|spouse = Patrick Manning (1972–2016)

|alma_mater = University of the West Indies

|occupation = Public servant
Senator
Politician

|website =

}}

Hazel Anne Marie Manning is a former Trinidad and Tobago politician. She entered the Senate as a People's National Movement Senator after the 2001 general election. Senator Manning served as Minister of Education of Trinidad and Tobago and subsequently as Minister of Local Government. She is also the widow of former Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

She was born in the southern city of San Fernando and received her secondary education at St. Joseph's Convent, San Fernando. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine in the social sciences. She subsequently obtained a postgraduate diploma in administration. She and Patrick Manning were married in 1972. They have two sons, Brian and David.{{Cite news|last=Milne|first=Anthony|date=29 September 2002|title=From Public Servant to Politician|work=Trinidad and Tobago Express|url=http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/HazelManning.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=27 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118204451/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/HazelManning.htm|archive-date=18 November 2007}}

Her career has included working in various agencies, including the Town and Country Planning Division of the Ministry of Planning and Development, where she was head of its research unit. She also worked for several years as a social impact assessment consultant.[http://www.moe.gov.tt/ Ministry of Education]