List of heads of state of Trinidad and Tobago

Politics of Trinidad and Tobago

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* President (list)

Christine Kangaloo
* Prime Minister

Keith Rowley

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President

Nigel de Freitas
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Speaker

Bridgid Annisette-George
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar

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Chief Justice: Ivor Archie
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Farley Chavez Augustine

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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. Trinidad and Tobago became a republic under the Constitution of 1976 and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by a ceremonial president.

## Monarch (1962–1976)[edit]

The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne.

No. | Portrait  | Monarch
(Birth–Death) | Reign  | Royal house  | Prime minister

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Reign start  | Reign end  | Duration
1  |  | Queen Elizabeth II
(1926–2022) | 31 August 1962  | 1 August 1976  | 13 years, 336 days  | Windsor | Williams

### Governor-general[edit]

The governor-general was the representative of the monarch in Trinidad and Tobago and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The governor-general was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the governor-general was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago, without the involvement of the British government. In the event of a vacancy, the chief justice served as officer administering the government under a dormant commission.

Status

Denotes chief justice acting as officer administering the government

No. | Portrait  | Governor-General
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Prime minister | Monarch

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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

## President of Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

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.

Status

Denotes acting President

| Portrait  | President
(Birth–Death) | Elected  | Term of office  | Prime minister(s)

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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  |  | A. N. R. Robinson
(1926–2014) | 1997 | 18 March 1997  | 16 March 2003  | 5 years, 363 days  | Panday
Manning
4  |  | George Maxwell Richards
(1931–2018) | 2003
2008 | 17 March 2003  | 18 March 2013  | 10 years, 1 day  | Manning
Persad-Bissessar
5  |  | Anthony Carmona
(born 1953) | 2013 | 18 March 2013  | 19 March 2018  | 5 years, 1 day  | Persad-Bissessar
Rowley
6  |  | Paula-Mae Weekes
(born 1958) | 2018 | 19 March 2018  | 20 March 2023  | 5 years, 1 day  | Rowley
7  |  | Christine Kangaloo
(born 1961) | 2023 | 20 March 2023[1] | Incumbent | 1 year, 91 days  | Rowley

## Standards[edit]

* Royal standard

* Governor-general's standard

* Presidential standard

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Kangaloo inauguration set for March 20th". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

## External links[edit]

* World Statesmen – Trinidad and Tobago
* Rulers.org – Trinidad and Tobago

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Heads of state of Trinidad and Tobago

Queen (1962–1976)|

* Elizabeth II

President (from 1976)|

* Clarke
* Hassanali
* Robinson
* Richards
* Carmona
* Weekes
* Kangaloo

Presidential elections|

* 1976
* 1982
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2003
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2023

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Representatives of the monarch in Commonwealth realms and dominions

National|

* Counsellors of State (United Kingdom)
* Governors-general
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Australia
* Bahamas
* Belize
* Canada
* Grenada
* Jamaica
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Solomon Islands
* Tuvalu

Sub-national|

| Australian state governors|

* New South Wales
* Queensland
* South Australia
* Tasmania
* Victoria
* Western Australia

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Canadian lieutenant governors|

* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* New Brunswick
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Nova Scotia
* Ontario
* Prince Edward Island
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan

Realm of New Zealand countries|

* Cook Islands
* Niue
* Tokelau

Crown Dependencies|

* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey

British Overseas Territories|

* Anguilla
* Bermuda
* British Antarctic Territory
* British Indian Ocean Territory
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Falkland Islands
* Gibraltar
* Montserrat
* Pitcairn
* Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
* Turks and Caicos Islands

Other viceregal representatives|

United Kingdom lieutenancy areas

Former|

* Barbados
* Ceylon
* Fiji
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guyana
* India
* Irish Free State
* Kenya
* Malawi
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Nigeria
* Pakistan
* Sierra Leone
* South Africa
* Tanganyika
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Uganda

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