List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
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The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of the executive branch of government in Trinidad and Tobago.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Residence |
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| Seat | Whitehall, 29 Maraval Road, Saint Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[3] |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Precursor | |
| Inaugural holder | Eric Williams |
| Formation | 31 August 1962 |
| Salary | TT$ 576,000 annually[4] |
| Website | https://www.opm.gov.tt/ |
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 edit
| POPPG (1) PNM (1) | |||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
Party | |||
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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 |
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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 edit
| PNM (1) | |||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
Party | |||
| 1 |
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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 edit
| PNM (4) UNC (2) NAR (1) | ||||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
Party | Government | |||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | .jpg)
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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 | 
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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 |
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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 | |||||||
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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 | 
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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 | 
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Keith Rowley MP for Diego Martin West (born 1949) |
9 September 2015 |
Incumbent | 8 years, 227 days | 2015 | People's National Movement | Rowley |
| 2020 | Rowley II | |||||||
Graphical timeline edit
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^† Died in office
References edit
- ^ "Office of The Prime Minister - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago". www.opm.gov.tt.
- ^ "$18m for PM's official Tobago residence". www.guardian.co.tt.
- ^ "Whitehall becomes PM's office again on Monday". www.guardian.co.tt.
- ^ Lord, Richard. "Pay hikes proposed for PM, Cabinet, Opposition". www.guardian.co.tt.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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