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For calypso monarchs of Trinidad and Tobago see Calypso Monarch. For the titular queen of the indigenous people of Trinidad and Tobago, see Carib Queen; For the history of Trinidad and Tobago before it became a republic, see History of Trinidad and Tobago and Queen of Trinidad and Tobago.
The government of Trinidad and Tobago was officially known as "Her Majesty's Government in Trinidad and Tobago". [10] [11] The monarch of Trinidad and Tobago, the Senate, and the House of Representatives constituted the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. [9] All executive powers of Trinidad and Tobago rested with the sovereign.
Under the 1976 Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the president replaced the monarch as head of state. The president was elected by Parliament for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy, the President of the Senate served as acting president.
Most states only have a single monarch at any given time, although a regent may rule when the monarch is a minor, not present, or otherwise incapable of ruling. [5] Cases in which two monarchs rule simultaneously over a single state, as is the current situation in Andorra, are known as coregencies .
Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador Dennis Francis was elected Thursday as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly, the 193-member world body that has been at the forefront of the United ...
This is a list of salaries of heads of state and government per year, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems.Often a leader is both in presidential systems.
The country's highest court is the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago, [5] whose chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition. [6] The current Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago is Ivor Archie. [7]
He is the current president of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago. [2] He took office in January 2023. [3] [4] He was born in 1979. [5] He attended Bishops High School in Tobago. He got a bachelor's degree in marine and freshwater biology from University of Guelph, Canada. [6] He was appointed as a government senator on 23 September 2015. [1]