Bank (CDB). In July 1997 he was appointed as Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. He held that post till 2002. Later that year he joined the United National Congress and won the St Augustine constituency. In October 2005 he succeeded Basdeo Panday as political leader of the United National Congress after being nominated by Panday unopposed. Dookeran would later form his own political party, the Congress of the People (COP), which in coalition with his former party would contest and win the May 2010 snap elections. Dookeran was appointed Minister of Finance in 2010 for the new People's Partnership coalition government and began a series of programs designed to jump-start the stagnant economy. His stewardship was confirmed by Standard and Poor's rating of Trinidad and Tobago as AA- with a stable outlook in December 2011. In June 2012, Dookeran was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, a portfolio he held until June 2015. International public official and educator After his political career, Dookeran became a Professor of Practice at the University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine Campus) and consultant for international organizations. He became Under-Secretary-General of EUCLID (Euclid University) in 2019 and was appointed as Secretary-General in July 2020. Publications Leadership and Governance in Small States. Getting Development Right, Co-edited with Akhil Malaki. Identities, State and Markets: Looking at Social Change in Latin America. Edited by Jose Havet, published by Canadian Scholars' Press, Inc., 1999. The New Regionalism: Caribbean – Canada Trade Agenda (co-authored with Miriam L. Campanella). The Caribbean Quest: Directions for Structural Reforms in a Global Economy. Guest joint editor, Special Issue Vol XXVIII: 1–2, Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Published by The Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University, 1999. Choices and Change: Reflections on the Caribbean. Published by the International Development Bank and Johns Hopkins University Press. July 1996. Financial Reporting in the Caribbean's Public Sector Assessment and Challenges Winston Dookeran and David Walker (2010) in Studies in Accounting, Finance and Management by Bhattacharyya, Udaybhanu (ed.), Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, India. web: http://www.wbnsou.ac.in/bulletin_board/publications/other_publications/other/studiesinacctfinmangdetails12052011.pdf References Works cited External links Dookeran's website Trinidad and Tobago economists Trinidad and Tobago socialists Members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago) Foreign ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Finance ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Governors of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Living people Trinidad and Tobago people of Indian descent Trinidad