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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 ...
Alma mater. University of the West Indies. 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]
Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC MP (pronounced [kəmlɑː prəsɑːd̪-biseːsər] (listen ⓘ); born Kamla Susheila Persad, [5] 22 April 1952), [6] 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 ...
t. e. The politics of Trinidad and Tobago function within the framework of a unitary state regulated by a parliamentary democracy modelled on that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, from which the country gained its independence in 1962. Under the 1976 republican Constitution, the monarch was replaced as head of state ...
Eric Eustace Williams TC CH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. [6] He has been described as the "Father of the Nation", [1][2][3][4][5] having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August 1976 ...
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 ...
Politics of Trinidad and Tobago. From 1962 to 1976, the head of state under the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 was the Queen of Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II, who was also the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The Queen was viceregally represented in Trinidad and Tobago by a governor-general.
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, 10 August 2020, [ 1 ] to elect 41 members to the 12th Trinidad and Tobago Republican Parliament. It was the 14th election since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 and the 22nd national election in Trinidad and Tobago ever. Tracy Davidson-Celestine, political leader ...