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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 ...
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 ...
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]
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 ...
She became the second woman to serve as President of Trinidad and Tobago upon her assumption of office on 20 March 2023. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Kangaloo has served as an Opposition Senator, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Minister of Legal Affairs and Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education [ 18 ] in previous People's ...
However President Arthur N.R. Robinson appointed Manning as Prime Minister on the basis of "moral and spiritual grounds". (In Trinidad and Tobago's elections, the number of seats needed to occupy the lower house is really the best indicator of whether or not a party would win elections).
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 ...
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