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List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago

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Prime Minister of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Prime Ministerial Seal
Incumbent
Keith Rowley
since 9 September 2015
StyleThe Right Honourable
Residence
SeatWhitehall, 29 Maraval Road, Saint Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[3]
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Precursor
Inaugural holderEric Williams
Formation31 August 1962
SalaryTT$ 576,000 annually[4]
Websitehttps://www.opm.gov.tt/

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 (except in the case of the 2001 General Elections).

The incumbent prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is Keith Rowley who won the 2015 general election and was sworn in on 9 September 2015 by President Anthony Carmona as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago.[5]

This is a list of the prime ministers of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1950 to the present day:

Chief ministers of Trinidad and Tobago

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  POPPG (1)   PNM (1)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office & mandate
Duration in years and days
Party
1 Albert Gomes
MP for Port of Spain North
(1911–1978)
18 September
1950
28 October
1956
6 years, 40 days 1950 Party of Political Progress Groups
2 Eric Williams
MP for Port of Spain South-East
(1911–1981)
28 October
1956
9 July
1959
2 years, 254 days 1956 People's National Movement

Premier of Trinidad and Tobago

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  PNM (1)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office & mandate
Duration in years and days
Party
1 Eric Williams
MP for Port of Spain South-East,
later Port of Spain South
[a]
(1911–1981)
9 July
1959
31 August
1962
3 years, 53 days People's National Movement
1961

Prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago

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  PNM (4)   UNC (2)   NAR (1)
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office & mandate
Duration in years and days
Party Government
1 Eric Williams
MP for Port of Spain South
(1911–1981)
31 August
1962
29 March
1981
18 years, 210 days[†] People's National Movement Williams I
1966
1971 Williams II
1976 Williams III
2 George Chambers
MP for St. Ann's East
(1928–1997)
30 March
1981
18 December
1986
5 years, 263 days 1981 People's National Movement Chambers
3 A. N. R. Robinson
MP for Tobago East
(1926–2014)
19 December
1986
17 December
1991
4 years, 363 days 1986 National Alliance for Reconstruction Robinson
4 Patrick Manning
MP for San Fernando East
(1946–2016)
17 December
1991
9 November
1995
3 years, 327 days 1991 People's National Movement Manning I
5 Basdeo Panday
MP for Couva North
(1933–2024)
9 November
1995
24 December
2001
6 years, 45 days 1995 United National Congress Panday–Robinson
2000 Panday II
(4) Patrick Manning
MP for San Fernando East
(1946–2016)
24 December
2001
26 May
2010
8 years, 153 days 2001 People's National Movement Manning II
2002 Manning III
2007 Manning IV
6 Kamla Persad-Bissessar
MP for Siparia
(born 1952)
26 May
2010
9 September
2015
5 years, 106 days 2010 United National Congress Persad-Bissessar
7 Keith Rowley
MP for Diego Martin West
(born 1949)
9 September
2015
Incumbent 9 years, 87 days 2015 People's National Movement Rowley
2020 Rowley II

Graphical timeline

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Keith RowleyKamla Persad-BissessarBasdeo PandayPatrick ManningA. N. R. RobinsonGeorge ChambersEric WilliamsAlbert Gomes


See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ as MP for Port of Spain South-East until 1961, and then as MP for Port of Spain South from 1961 until his death

References

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  1. ^ "Office of The Prime Minister - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago". www.opm.gov.tt.
  2. ^ "$18m for PM's official Tobago residence". www.guardian.co.tt.
  3. ^ "Whitehall becomes PM's office again on Monday". www.guardian.co.tt.
  4. ^ Lord, Richard. "Pay hikes proposed for PM, Cabinet, Opposition". www.guardian.co.tt.
  5. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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