How the 2025 and 2026 realignments match up

The fol­low­ing out­lines key changes in the al­lo­ca­tion of re­spon­si­bil­i­ties among min­istries fol­low­ing the 2025 and 2026 re­as­sign­ments. The changes, set out in the rel­e­vant Gazettes, show which port­fo­lios and state agen­cies were gained, re­lin­quished or trans­ferred be­tween min­istries un­der the re­spec­tive min­is­ters.

Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter —Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Gained: Her­itage Build­ings, Con­sti­tu­tion­al Re­form, Na­tion­al Trust, NALIS, Self-Help Com­mis­sion, GASHHP, HVIP, Home Im­prove­ment Pol­i­cy, Gold­en Grove Buc­coo Ltd, Orop­une Project.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­lin­quished: GASHHP, HVIP, Home Im­prove­ment Pol­i­cy, Gold­en Grove Buc­coo Ltd, Self-Help Com­mis­sion, Orop­une Project.

Min­istry of Land and Le­gal Af­fairs —

Sad­dam Ho­sein

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Re­clas­si­fied (from Le­gal Af­fairs).

Gained: Lands & Sur­veys, Land Man­age­ment, Squat­ter Reg­u­lar­i­sa­tion, Val­u­a­tion, Land Set­tle­ment Agency, Land Sur­vey Board, EM­BD.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: Con­sti­tu­tion­al Re­form.

Gained: GASHHP, HVIP, Hy­dro­graph­ic Sur­veys, Ca­roni (1975) Ltd, Gold­en Grove Buc­coo Ltd, PSAEL, Rin­con De­vel­op­ment, Sug­ar Man­u­fac­tur­ing Co., Sug­ar In­dus­try Labour Wel­fare Com­mit­tee, Tau­rus Ser­vices, TRIN­TOC Ser­vices.

Min­istry of Hous­ing — David Lee

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Re­moved: Squat­ter Reg­u­lar­i­sa­tion, Home Im­prove­ment Pol­i­cy, HVIP, GASHHP.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Gained: Home Im­prove­ment Pol­i­cy, Orop­une Project.

Re­moved: Sug­ar In­dus­try Labour Wel­fare Com­mit­tee.

Min­istry of Fi­nance — Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Gained: Na­tion­al Health In­sur­ance Sys­tem, Ex­im­bank.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: Val­u­a­tion.

Gained: Agri­cul­tur­al De­vel­op­ment Bank (ADB).

Re­moved: Ca­roni (1975) Ltd, Sug­ar Man­u­fac­tur­ing Co., Tau­rus Ser­vices.

Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture and Fish­eries — Ravi Rati­ram

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Re­clas­si­fied (from Agri­cul­ture, Land and Fish­eries).

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: Lands & Sur­veys, Land Man­age­ment, Squat­ter Reg­u­lar­i­sa­tion, Land Sur­vey Board, Land Set­tle­ment Agency, EM­BD.

Re­moved: Hy­dro­graph­ic Sur­veys, PSAEL, Agri­cul­tur­al De­vel­op­ment Bank (ADB), Rin­con De­vel­op­ment Ltd.

Min­istry of Pub­lic Util­i­ties — Bar­ry Padarath

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Gained: Pow­er Gen­er­a­tion, Trinidad Gen­er­a­tion Un­lim­it­ed (TGU), POW­ER­GEN.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Gained: On the Job Train­ing (OJT) pro­gramme.

Min­istry of De­fence — Wayne Sturge

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

As­signed: Air­space, Counter Ter­ror­ism, De­fence Force, Cadet Force, Il­le­gal Im­mi­grant & De­por­tee Man­age­ment.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Gained: Na­tion­al Emer­gency/Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment, ODPM, Na­tion­al Em­blems Com­mit­tee, Na­tion­al Men­tor­ship Pro­gram.

Re­moved: Il­le­gal Im­mi­grant & De­por­tee Man­age­ment.

Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty — Roger Alexan­der

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Gained: Prison Sys­tem.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: Crim­i­nal In­juries Com­pen­sa­tion Board.

Gained: Il­le­gal Im­mi­grant & De­por­tee Man­age­ment.

Re­moved Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment, ODPM, Na­tion­al Em­blems, Na­tion­al Men­tor­ship.

Min­istry of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries — Dr Roodal Mooni­lal

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Re­moved: Pow­er Gen­er­a­tion, TGU, POW­ER­GEN.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: TRIN­TOC Ser­vices Lim­it­ed.

Min­istry of the Peo­ple, So­cial De­vel­op­ment & Fam­i­ly Ser­vices — Van­dana Mo­hit

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Gained: Geri­atric Ado­les­cent Part­ner­ship Pro­gramme (GAPP).

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: So­cial Plan­ning, De­vel­op­ment & Mon­i­tor­ing.

Gained: Na­tion­al Com­mis­sion for Self-Help Lim­it­ed.

Min­istry of Health — Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

Re­moved: Na­tion­al Health In­sur­ance Sys­tem.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: In­sect Vec­tor con­trol.

Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment & Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment — Khadi­jah Ameen

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

As­signed: Mu­nic­i­pal in­fra­struc­ture, ac­cess roads, drainage, lo­cal san­i­ta­tion, URP.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Gained: In­sect Vec­tor con­trol.

Min­istry of Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion & Skills Train­ing — Prakash Per­sad

2025 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]

As­signed: Dis­tance learn­ing, GATE, schol­ar­ships, tech­ni­cal in­sti­tutes, OJT pro­gramme.

2026 Re­as­sign­ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]

Re­moved: On the Job Train­ing (OJT) pro­gramme.