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The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of the executive branch of government in Trinidad and Tobago.. Following a general election, which takes place every five years, the president appoints as prime minister the person who has the support of a majority in the House of Representatives; this has generally been the leader of the party which won the most seats in the election ...
Keith Christopher Rowley MP, (born 24 October 1949) is a Trinidadian politician serving as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, first elected into office on 9 September 2015 and again following the 2020 general election. [6]
Term of office Prime minister(s) No. Took office Left office Time in office 1 Sir Ellis Clarke (1917–2010) 1976 1982: 1 August 1976 24 September 1976 10 years, 230 days Williams Chambers Robinson: 24 September 1976 19 March 1987 2 Noor Hassanali (1918–2006) 1987 1992: 20 March 1987 17 March 1997 9 years, 362 days Robinson Manning Panday: 3 ...
The general direction and control of the government rests with the Cabinet, led by a Prime Minister. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are answerable to the House of Representatives. The 41 members of the House are elected to terms of at least five years. Elections may be called earlier by the president at the request of the prime minister or ...
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley is welcoming leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community and their five associate members to his twin-island nation this week to celebrate the ...
The Hon. Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who was the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 May 2010. [1]
Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister said a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean has caused a “national emergency” as crews struggled to contain the oil ...
The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC MP (pronounced [kəmlɑː prəsɑːd̪-biseːsər] (listen ⓘ); born Kamla Susheila Persad, [5] 22 April 1952), [7] often referred to by her initials KPB, is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who is the Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago, political leader of the United National ...