Rodney Charles

{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago politician}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

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| honorific-suffix = MP

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| constituency_MP = Naparima

| term_start = 2015

| term_end = 2025

| predecessor = Nizam Baksh

| majority =

| successor = to be elected

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}

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| nationality =

| party = United National Congress (UNC)

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Rodney Charles (born 1950) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the United National Congress (UNC).{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Rodney Charles calls time on political career |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/rodney-charles-calls-time-on-political-career/article_fd022d54-9530-11ee-a91f-bb232dfa5b88.html |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}} He represented Naparima in the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2025.{{Cite web |title=Rodney Charles MP |url=https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/rodney-charles/ |website=Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago}} He was re-elected in the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-10 |title=Rodney Charles {{!}} UNC: Naparima |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/elections/2020/candidates/unc/rodney-charles-unc-naparima/article_e0967820-c2f0-11ea-8be2-5bbb0912bd28.html |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}} He did not contest the 2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election.{{Cite web |title=Rodney Charles bows out of 2025 general election |url=https://www.loopnews.com/content/rodney-charles-bows-out-of-2025-general-election/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Loop News |language=en-US}} He cited his age saying “we must discard once and for all the notion that one has to leave (Trinidad and Tobago) politics either in ignominy or in a casket”.{{Cite web |title=Rodney Charles: My active political career will end in 2025 |url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/rodney-charles-my-active-political-career-will-end-in-2025-6.2.1871537.8ebe4056b2 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=www.guardian.co.tt |language=en}}