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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 ...
History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago, 1964; British Historians and the West Indies, 1964; The Negro In The Caribbean, 1970; Inward Hunger: The Education of a Prime Minister, 1971; From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492–1969, 1971; Forged from the Love of Liberty: Selected Speeches of Dr. Eric Williams, 1981
Eric Williams, the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago. The high oil prices of the 1970s and early 1980s led to an oil boom which resulted in a large increase in salaries, standards of living, and corruption. In 1979, construction on the Eric Williams Plaza began. It would eventually be completed in 1986.
Basdeo Panday, a former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago who was the first person of Indian descent to hold that position, has died. Panday died on Monday surrounded by his family, according ...
Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1981) and first leader of the People's National Movement. When Eric Williams returned to Trinidad in 1948 he set about developing a political base.
Prime minister Monarch Took office Left office Time in office 1 Sir Solomon Hochoy (1905–1983) 31 August 1962 15 September 1972 10 years, 15 days Williams: Elizabeth II: 2 Sir Ellis Clarke (1917–2010) 15 September 1972 1 August 1976 3 years, 321 days
She was the country's first female prime minister, attorney general, and Leader of the Opposition, [8] [9] the first woman to chair the Commonwealth of Nations [10] and the first woman of Indian origin to be a prime minister of a country outside of India and the wider subcontinent. Persad-Bissessar became political leader of the UNC in 2010. [11]
Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke TC GCMG (28 December 1917 – 30 December 2010) [1] was the first President of Trinidad and Tobago and the second and last Governor-General. He was one of the main architects of Trinidad and Tobago 's 1962 Independence constitution.