Thomas Smith
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The Honourable Thomas Smith | |
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| Minister of the Environment | |
| Assumed office 12 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Sarah Millard |
| Preceded by | Cyrus Borassiwa |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 12 August 2016 – 14 August 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Sarah Millard |
| Preceded by | Ernest Fennel |
| Succeeded by | Emily Côté |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 9 August 2012 – 12 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Gary Biyende |
| Preceded by | Russell Balfour |
| Succeeded by | Martel Garon |
| Leader of the Green Party | |
| In office 3 November 2007 – 26 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Wright |
| Succeeded by | Trevor Yibanda (interim) |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2005 | |
| Constituency | Torlu North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Carson Smith 11 November 1962 Garor City, Torlonia, Scalizagasti |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse | Hilda Smith |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Torlonia |
Thomas Carson Smith (born 11 November 1962) is a Scalizagastian environmental scientist and politician who served as the leader of the Green Party of Scalizagasti from 2007 to 2021. He was also the leader of the opposition from 2012-2016 following the Green Party's breakthough second-place success in the 2012 Scalizagastian federal election. The Social Democrats formed a coalition government with the Greens after the 2016 election, and Smith was made the Minister of the Environment. He has also served as the Member of Parliament for Torlu North since 2005.
On 26 April 2021, he was removed as party leader by the Green parliamentary caucus in a 33-20 vote. Ideologically an eco-socialist, the effort to remove him was led by economic moderates and "green pragmatists" following his support of the Millard government's initiative to procure new warships for the Scalizagastian Republican Navy. He was succeeded by Trebor Yibanda who served as interim leader until the 2022 Green Party of Scalizagasti leadership election, in which Green MP Elein Leite was elected as permanent leader.