Chronology of Service

2001 - Present

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 

1995 - 2001

Leader of the Opposition

1991 - 1995

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 

1990 - 1991

Opposition Member of Parliament

1986 - 1990

Leader of the Opposition

1987 - Present

Political Leader of the People's National Movement

1981 - 1986

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

1981

Minister of Information and Minister of Industry and Commerce

 1979 - 1981

Minister in the Ministry of Finance (Public Service Portfolio) and Minister in
the Ministry of the Prime Minister

(Information Division)

1978 - 1979

Minister in the Ministry of Finance (Maintenance and Tobago)

1976 - 1978

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication

1974 - 1976

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce

1973 - 1974

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister assigned to the Ministry of
Planning and Development

1973

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister

1971 - 1973

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines

1971 - Present

Parliamentary Representative for San Fernando East Elected in

1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007

The Honourable PATRICK MANNING became the; "Longest Serving Member Ever"; in Trinidad and Tobago Parliament on September
16th, 2001.