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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.
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 A. N. R. Robinson (1926–2014) 1997: 18 March 1997 16 March 2003 5 years, 363 ...
The last governor-general, Sir Ellis Clarke, was sworn in as the first president on 1 August 1976 under a transitional arrangement. He was formally chosen as president by an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of Parliament on 24 September 1976, which is now celebrated as Republic Day .
In 1797, a British force led by General Sir Ralph Abercromby launched the invasion of Trinidad. His squadron sailed through the Bocas and anchored off the coast of Chaguaramas. The Spanish Governor Chacón decided to capitulate without fighting. Trinidad thus became a British crown colony, with a French-speaking population and Spanish laws.
Became a republic on 1 August 1976 under the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution Act 1976, passed by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The last Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago, Sir Ellis Clarke became the first President of Trinidad and Tobago. Tuvalu: 1 October 1978 Oceania: Polynesia: 11,396 Unitary Commonwealth realm
Lady Ermyntrude Clarke March 7, 1921 – April 23, 2002 (aged 81) August 1, 1976 March 13, 1987 Sir Ellis Clarke: Also wife of the Governor-General from 1972–1976 until her husband's office was abolished in 1976. Zalayhar Hassanali May 3, 1931 (age 93) March 18, 1987 Match 17, 1997 Noor Hassanali
Trinidad and Tobago became a republic, with the Governor-General, Sir Ellis Clarke, becoming the first President.Clarke, who had previously served as the head of state as representative of Queen Elizabeth II, said that he would hold the office of president until the Caribbean island nation could elect a successor.
Williams was born on 25 September in 1911. His father Thomas Henry Williams was a minor civil servant and devout Roman Catholic, and his mother Eliza Frances Boissiere (13 April 1888 – 1969) was a descendant of the mixed French Creole Mulatto elite and had African and French ancestry.