Mrs. Hazel Anne Marie Manning first entered Parliament as a Government Senator in 2002. She has served as a Minister of Education (2002-2007) and was appointed Minister of Local Government in November 2007. She is also the spouse of Mr. Patrick Manning, current Prime Minister (2008) and also a former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition. They have two sons.

Mrs. Manning was was born in the southern city of San Fernando and received her secondary education at St. Joseph's Convent. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree from the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine in the Social Sciences. She subsequently obtained a post graduate Diploma in Administration, and a Masters in Planning and Development.

Her career has included working in various agencies including the Town and Country Planning Division of the Ministry of Planning and Development where she was head of its research unit. She also worked for several years as a social impact assessment consultant.

1. 
   Minister of Local Government
   8 November, 2007 - Present
2. 
   Minister of Education
   10 October, 2002 - 7 November, 2007
3. 
   Minister of Education
   26 December, 2001 - 9 October, 2002

1. Public Accounts Committee

1. SSC - Tobacco Control Bill, 2008

1. JSC - Local Government Bill, 2009
2. SSC - Emergency Ambulance Services and Emergency Medical Personnel Bill, 2009

1. The Appropriation (Financial Year 2010) Bill, 2009
2. The Appropriation Bill, 2009
3. The Basel Convention (Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer) Bill, 2008
4. The Children's Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2008
5. The Elections and Boundaries Commission (Local Government and Tobago House of Assembly)(Validation of the Ninth Report of the Elections and Boundaries Commission) Bill, 2010
6. The Elections and Boundaries Commission (Local Government)(Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2008
7. The Emergency Ambulance Services and Emergency Medical Personnel Bill, 2009
8. The International Child Abduction Bill, 2008
9. The Local Government Bill, 2009
10. The Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Bill, 2008
11. The Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Bill, 2009
12. The Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2008
13. The Tobacco Control Bill, 2008
14. The Tobacco Control Bill, 2009
15. The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2009

1. Approve the Elections and Boundaries Commission (Local Government) Order, 2009