List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago
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This page lists presidents
of Trinidad and Tobago
from 1976 when a republic
was proclaimed.
President of Trinidad and Tobago
The President of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of state of Trinidad and Tobago, and the commander in chief of its armed forces. The office was established when the country became a republic in 1976, before which the head of state was Queen Elizabeth II...
of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
from 1976 when a republic
Republic
A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
was proclaimed.
Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-Present)
| # | Incumbent | Portrait | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | |||
| 1 | Ellis Clarke Ellis Clarke Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke, TC, GCMG was the second and last Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago and the first President of Trinidad and Tobago. Clarke was one of the main architects of Trinidad and Tobago's 1962 Independence constitution.Clarke attended Saint Mary's College, winning... |
1 August 1976 | 13 March 1987 | |
| 2 | Michael Williams (acting) |
13 March 1987 | 19 March 1987 | |
| 3 | Noor Hassanali Noor Hassanali Noor Mohamed Hassanali,TC was the second President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . A retired High Court judge, President Hassanali was the first Indo-Trinidadian to hold the office of President and was the first Muslim head of state in the Americas... |
19 March 1987 | 19 March 1997 | |
| 4 | Arthur N.R. Robinson A. N. R. Robinson Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, OCC, TC was the third President of Trinidad and Tobago, serving from 19 March 1997 to 17 March 2003. He was also Trinidad and Tobago's third Prime Minister, serving in that capacity from 18 December 1986 to 17 December 1991... |
19 March 1997 | 17 March 2003 | |
| 5 | George Maxwell Richards George Maxwell Richards George Maxwell Richards, TC, CM is the fourth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. A chemical engineer by training, Richards was Principal of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad in 1996. He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd. before... |
17 March 2003 | Incumbent | |