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Paula Gopee-Scoon

Politician

Paula Gopee-Scoon is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Paula Gopee-Scoon · Паула Гопи-Скун · 폴라 고피스쿤				[sources]
Birth date	1958-04-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Trinidad				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago				[sources]
Country	Trinidad and Tobago				[sources]
Citizenship	Trinidad and Tobago				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Paula				[sources]
Last name	Gopee-Scoon				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1673889				[sources]
Position	Member of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago · Minister of Trade and Industry (2015-) · Senate (member, 2015-)				[sources]
Education	University of London · University of the West Indies				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

politician from Trinidad and Tobago

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Senate	2015-09-23	-
Minister of Trade and Industry	2015-09-11

Data sources

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-trinidad-and-tobago-paula-gopee-scoon-min-of-trade-industry · us-cia-trinidad-and-tobago-paula-gopee-scoon-minister-of-trade-and-industry · evpo-c03f3e17-70f3-437d-b32a-644edded2f35 · us-cia-trinidad-and-tobago-paula-gopee-scoon-minister-of-trade-industry

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