Head of State/Aspiring Minds Trinidad and Tobago

Head of State

Elizabeth II was Queen of Trinidad and Tobago from 1962 to 1976. She was also the monarch of other sovereign states. The monarch's constitutional roles in Trinidad and Tobago were delegated to a Governor-General who acted on the advice of Trinidadian Ministers. Click the image to learn more...

Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II

Governor-General

The Governor-General was the representative of the Monarch in Trinidad and Tobago and exercised most of the powers of the Monarch. The Governor-General was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the Monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminister in 1931, the Governor-General was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago without the involvement of the British Government.

SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON

SIR FREDERICK NAPIER BROMMME

SIR HUBERT JERNINGHAM

SIR CORNELIUS MOLONEY

SIR HENRY MOORE JACKSON

SIR GEORGE LE HUNTE

SIR JOHN CHANCELLOR

SIR SAMUEL WILSON

SIR HORACE BYATT

SIR ALFRED HOLLIS

SIR MURCHINSON FLETCHER

SIR HUBERT YOUNG

SIR BABE CLIFFORD

SIR JOHN WISTER SHAW

SIR HUBERT RANCE

SIR EDWARD BEETHAM

SIR SOLOMON HOCHOY

Sir Solomon Hochoy was the 17th Governor of Trinidad and Tobago and the 1st Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago.

President of Trinidad and Tobago

Under the 1976 Constitution, the constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The president replaced the Monarch as the ceremonial head of state. The president was elected by Parliament for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy, the President of the Senate served as Acting President

SIR ELLIS CLARKE

NOOR HASSANALI

A N R ROBINSON

GEORGE MAXWELL RICHARDS

ANTHONY CARMONA

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