Winston Dookeran

Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran (; born 24 June 1943) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician and economist as well as international public official. Dookeran is the current Secretary-General of EUCLID, an intergovernmental institution of higher learning. He previously served as Political Leader of the Congress of the People, central bank governor, minister of finance, and minister of foreign affairs. Early life Born in 1943, in Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago to an Indo-Trinidadian family, he is one of the seven children of Mewalal and Sumintra Dookeran. Dookeran received his early education in Trinidad. Education The young Winston Dookeran attended the prestigious Naparima College in San Fernando, Trinidad. He then went on to attend the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Honours Economics in 1966. It was there that Dookeran made his first entry into politics and he served as the president of the University of Manitoba Students' Union.