RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Se­nior Re­porter

rhon­dor.dowlat@guardian.co.tt

The Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go has an­nounced, with pro­found sad­ness, the pass­ing of Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion and Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for D’Abadie/O’Meara.

In a state­ment is­sued by the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter on De­cem­ber 16, the Gov­ern­ment ex­tend­ed heart­felt con­do­lences to her fam­i­ly, loved ones, and con­stituents. “Our col­lec­tive thoughts and prayers are with them dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time,” the re­lease said.

Mor­ris-Ju­lian’s dis­tin­guished ca­reer be­gan as May­or of the Roy­al Char­tered Bor­ough of Ari­ma. She lat­er served as the First La­dy Vice Chair of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment’s (PNM) Na­tion­al Women’s League. Elect­ed as MP for D’Abadie/O’Meara in 2020, she was set to con­test the 2025 Gen­er­al Elec­tion as an un­op­posed can­di­date.

Ap­point­ed as Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley in 2020, Mor­ris-Ju­lian was cel­e­brat­ed for her ded­i­ca­tion to her con­stituen­cy and the na­tion. She was wide­ly re­spect­ed for her re­lent­less ad­vo­ca­cy, love for her fam­i­ly, and the pos­i­tive im­pact she had on count­less lives.

The Gov­ern­ment de­scribed her as “an un­re­lent­ing voice for her con­stituen­cy, the Gov­ern­ment, and the PNM,” adding that she will be fond­ly re­mem­bered for her un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to ser­vice.