13 Facts About Foster Cummings

Foster Cummings was born on in 1973 and is a Trinidad and Tobago politician representing the People's National Movement.

Foster Cummings is the current Minister of Youth Development and National Service and General Secretary for the People's National Movement.

Foster Cummings's father is a cane-cutter and his mother is a market vendor.

From a young age, Foster Cummings helped his mother sell provisions at the market in Couva.

Foster Cummings attended the Tortuga RC, Milton Presbyterian, Couva Junior Secondary, and Carapichaima Senior Comprehensive schools.

Foster Cummings attended the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies, receiving an associate degree in co-operative studies.

Foster Cummings began his business career in 1998 and became involved in multiple retail businesses, as well as focusing on the construction and real estate development industries.

Foster Cummings is a founding member of the Heliconia Foundation for Young Professionals.

Foster Cummings has worked as a commissioner for the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and as a Cooperative Officer at the Ministry of Labour and Cooperatives.

Foster Cummings first joined the Couva South Youth League for the People's National Movement in 1989 when he was sixteen.

Foster Cummings then became the chairman of the Couva South constituency when he was nineteen, the youngest member of the PNM to hold the position.

Foster Cummings has been part of the PNM's General Council for thirty years.

Foster Cummings is married and has six daughters and a son.