Reema Harrysingh-Carmona
Reema Harrysingh-Carmona is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian economist who served as the First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 until 2018. She is the wife of the fifth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona.
Early life
Reema Harrysingh Carmona was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father, the late Cobee Harrysingh, was a retired engineering contractor and her mother is Savitri Seeteram-Harrysingh. She was the daughter of Indo-Trinidadian parents, and attended St. Brigid's Girls' Roman Catholic and Iere High School, both in Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago. After passing ninth, she passed 'O' Level from the Caribbean Examinations Council. She migrated to Canada where she attended Cairine Wilson High School in Ottawa. She subsequently attended the University of Ottawa, from which she obtained a degree of Bachelor of Science in Economics. She and the President Carmona have two children, Christian and Anura. Her religious affiliation is Sanātanī Hinduism, although her husband President Anthony Carmona is a Roman Catholic Christian of Cocoa panyol descent.Harrysingh-Carmona lived in the United States and Canada before relocating to Trinidad.