Lackram Bodoe
{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago politician}}
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| constituency_MP2 = Fyzabad
| term_start2 = 2015
| term_end2 = 2025
| predecessor2 = Chandresh Sharma
| successor2 = Davendranath Tancoo
| constituency_MP = Oropouche West
| term_start = 28 April 2025
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| predecessor = Davendranath Tancoo
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| party = United National Congress (UNC)
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Lackram Persad Bodoe is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the United National Congress.{{Cite web |title=Lackram Bodoe – Parliament |url=https://www.ttparliament.org/contacts/lackram-bodoe/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241212064940/https://www.ttparliament.org/contacts/lackram-bodoe/ |archive-date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.ttparliament.org |language=en-US}}
Biography
Bodoe was born and raised in Avocat Village, Fyzabad.{{Cite web |title=Fyzabad - Dr Lackram Bodoe |url=https://unctt.org/portfolio/fyzabad/ |website=United National Congress}} He attended Avocat Vedic School, Naparima College San Fernando, the University of the West Indies and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the United Kingdom. Bodoe is a medical doctor by profession.{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Narissa |date=2024-05-12 |title=Fyzabad MP urges government: Invest more in nurses |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2024/05/12/fyzabad-mp-urges-government-invest-more-in-nurses/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}
In the 2015 general election, Bodoe was elected to the House of Representatives in the Fyzabad constituency. He was re-elected in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Yvonne |date=2020-11-20 |title=Kamla reveals her 'UNC Stars' slate |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/11/20/kamla-reveals-her-unc-stars-slate/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}} He was shadow health minister when his party was in opposition.{{Cite web |last=Gioannetti |first=Andrew |date=2024-06-30 |title=Bodoe: PAHO's report an indictment on NWRHA |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2024/06/30/dr-bodoe-pahos-report-an-indictment-on-nwrha/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}
In the 2025 general election, he swapped seats with Davendranath Tancoo and contested the seat of Oropouche West instead.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-07 |title=The strange case of the Bodoe/Tancoo switch |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/the-strange-case-of-the-bodoe-tancoo-switch/article_3ee20689-a66c-4182-8028-c7ea25596eda.html |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}} After the election he was appointed Minister of Health by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.{{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}}
Electoral history
{{2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election/Oropouche West}}
{{13th Republican Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago}}
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Category:Health ministers of Trinidad and Tobago