Dr. Fuad Khan is a Trinidad and Tobago

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 politician

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. Since 1995 he has served as the Member of Parliament

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 representing the constituency of San Juan

San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago

San Juan is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies in North Eastern Trinidad, between Barataria and St. Joseph.It is a busy town in the East-West Corridor; the centre of town is known as the Croisee. Population is 54,900 , and it is the third city of the country, larger than the capital. San Juan...

/Barataria

Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago

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 in the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago

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. Elected on a United National Congress

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 ticket he is currently an "Independent UNC Parliamentarian" after breaking ranks with the Opposition party. Dr. Khan continues to preach the necessity for unity among opposition parties if they are to be successful in the upcoming General Election.

A medical doctor by profession, Khan received his MBBS

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 from the University of the West Indies

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 in 1982. Khan worked under world-renowned Urologist Dr. Lall Sawh

Lall Sawh

Lall Ramnath Sawh CM, FRCS is a Trinidadian urologist in the Caribbean and Latin America. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Sawh pionerred kidney transplantation in the Caribbean in 1988 and has continued to be a leader in the field of urology...

 as a Junior Officer, and on Dr. Sawh's recommendation, Khan was accepted to the Institute of Urology, in London where he received a diploma in Urology

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 in 1992. Upon his return to Trinidad, Khan began to focus more on politics and less so on Medicine. He continues to run his own medical office.

From 1995—1996, he served as Deputy Speaker

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of the House of Representatives. Khan served as Minister of Health from 2000—2001. In the snap elections of 2010, Dr. Khan has been confirmed as candidate for the San Juan / Barataria district.

Portfolios held:
1.Deputy Speaker
18 June, 2010 - Present
2.Opposition Senator (Temporary)
28 July, 2009 - 28 July, 2009
3.Opposition Member
17 October, 2002 - 28 September, 2007
4.Opposition Member
5 April, 2002 - 28 August, 2002
5.Minister in the Ministry of Health
12 January, 2001 - 24 December, 2001
6.Deputy Speaker
27 November, 1995 - 3 November, 2000