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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| Style | The Honourable |
| Residence |
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| Seat | Whitehall, 29 Maraval Road, Saint Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[3] |
| Appointer | the President |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Precursor | |
| Formation | 31 August 1962 |
| First holder | Eric Williams |
| Salary | TT$ 576,000 annually[4] |
| Website | Official website |
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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).
The incumbent prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is Kamla Persad-Bissessar who was sworn in on 1 May 2025 by President Christine Kangaloo.
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:
List of officeholders
[edit]Chief minister (1950–1959)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | |||
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Albert Gomes (1911–1978) MP for Port of Spain North |
18 September 1950 | 28 October 1956 | 6 years, 40 days | Party of Political Progress Groups | 1950 | ||
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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 | People's National Movement | 1956 | ||
Premier (1959–1962)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Ref. | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
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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 minister (1962–present)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Government | Ref. | |||
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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 | ||
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| 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 | People's National Movement | 1981 | 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 | National Alliance for Reconstruction | 1986 | Robinson | ||
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Patrick Manning (1946–2016) MP for San Fernando East |
17 December 1991 | 9 November 1995 | 3 years, 327 days | People's National Movement | 1991 | Manning I | ||
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Basdeo Panday (1933–2024) MP for Couva North |
9 November 1995 | 24 December 2001 | 6 years, 45 days | United National Congress | 1995 | 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 | People's National Movement | 2001 | 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 | United National Congress | 2010 | Persad-Bissessar | ||
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Keith Rowley (born 1949) MP for Diego Martin West |
9 September 2015 | 17 March 2025 | 9 years, 189 days | People's National Movement | 2015 | 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 | 1 May 2025 | 45 days | People's National Movement | — | Young | ||
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar (born 1952) MP for Siparia |
1 May 2025 | Incumbent | 2 days | United National Congress | 2025 | Persad-Bissessar II | ||
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.
