President of Trinidad and Tobago

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head of state office political office

The President of Trinidad and Tobago is the country’s largely ceremonial, non-executive head of state, elected by Parliament to represent the nation and uphold its constitutional framework.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Paula-Mae Weekes was first female President of Trinidad and Tobago	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appointedBy	Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
commanderInChiefOf	Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
country	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
electedBy	Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	at least 35 years of age ⓘ citizen of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ qualified to be elected to the House of Representatives ⓘ
firstHolder	Ellis Clarke ⓘ
firstHolderEndDate	1987-03-19 ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate	1976-08-01 ⓘ
flag	Presidential Standard of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
formationDate	1976-08-01 ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
hasPower	appoint certain independent senators ⓘ appoint members of service commissions ⓘ appoint other ministers on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ appoint the Prime Minister ⓘ assent to legislation ⓘ exercise prerogative of mercy on advice of the Advisory Committee ⓘ
nominator	Leader of the Opposition of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
notableHolder	A. N. R. Robinson ⓘ Anthony Carmona ⓘ Christine Kangaloo ⓘ Ellis Clarke ⓘ George Maxwell Richards ⓘ Noor Hassanali ⓘ Paula-Mae Weekes ⓘ
oathRequired	oath to preserve and defend the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
officeHoldersGenderBarrier	President of Trinidad and Tobago self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paula-Mae Weekes was first female President of Trinidad and Tobago
officeType	non-partisan office ⓘ
precededByOffice	Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
removalMechanism	impeachment by Parliament under constitutional procedures ⓘ
represents	nation of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
residence	President’s House, Port of Spain ⓘ
responsibility	ensure continuity of constitutional government ⓘ uphold the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
role	largely ceremonial head of state ⓘ non-executive head of state ⓘ
seat	Port of Spain ⓘ
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
symbolicRole	ceremonial head at state functions ⓘ represents national unity ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
termRenewable	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago → appointedBy → President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Senate of Trinidad and Tobago → appointingAuthority → President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago → appointingAuthorityForSenate → President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago → headOfStateParticipation → President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Trinidad and Tobago → headOfStateTitle → President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Port of Spain → isSeatOf → President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

President of Trinidad and Tobago → officeHoldersGenderBarrier → President of Trinidad and Tobago self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paula-Mae Weekes was first female President of Trinidad and Tobago