List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
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Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | |
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Incumbent since 16 March 2025Vacant | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
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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/ |
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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 election).
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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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
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Albert Gomes (1911–1978) MP for Port of Spain North |
18 September 1950 |
28 October 1956 |
6 years, 40 days | 1950 | Party of Political Progress Groups |
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Eric Williams (1911–1981) MP for Port of Spain South-East |
28 October 1956 |
9 July 1959 |
2 years, 254 days | 1956 | People's National Movement |
Premier of Trinidad and Tobago
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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
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Eric Williams (1911–1981) MP for Port of Spain South-East, later Port of Spain South[a] |
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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No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
Party | Government | |||
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Eric Williams (1911–1981) MP for Port of Spain South |
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 (1928–1997) MP for St. Ann's East |
30 March 1981 |
18 December 1986 |
5 years, 263 days | 1981 | People's National Movement | Chambers |
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A. N. R. Robinson (1926–2014) MP for Tobago East |
19 December 1986 |
17 December 1991 |
4 years, 363 days | 1986 | National Alliance for Reconstruction | Robinson |
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Patrick Manning (1946–2016) MP for San Fernando East |
17 December 1991 |
9 November 1995 |
3 years, 327 days | 1991 | People's National Movement | Manning I |
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Basdeo Panday (1933–2024) MP for Couva North |
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 (1946–2016) MP for San Fernando East |
24 December 2001 |
26 May 2010 |
8 years, 153 days | 2001 | People's National Movement | Manning II |
2002 | Manning III | |||||||
2007 | Manning IV | |||||||
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952) MP for Siparia |
26 May 2010 |
9 September 2015 |
5 years, 106 days | 2010 | United National Congress | Persad-Bissessar |
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Keith Rowley (born 1949) MP for Diego Martin West |
9 September 2015 |
16 March 2025 | 9 years, 188 days | 2015 | People's National Movement | Rowley |
2020 | Rowley II | |||||||
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Stuart Young (born 1975) MP for Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann's West |
17 March 2025 |
Designate | −1 day | — | People's National Movement | Young |
Graphical timeline
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See also
[edit]- Politics of Trinidad and Tobago
- List of governors of Trinidad and Tobago
- President of Trinidad and Tobago
- Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Lists of office-holders
Notes
[edit]- ^† Died in office
- ^ 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
[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.