Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

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head of government office

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of government of the twin-island Caribbean nation, responsible for leading the executive branch and overseeing national policy and administration.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government office ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
authorityOver	Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago ministries of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	loss of confidence in the House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago
constitutionalStatus	principal executive authority of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
country	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
eligibleBody	members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
firstHolder	Eric Williams ⓘ
formationDate	1962-08-31 ⓘ
formationEvent	independence of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Tobago ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
legalSystemContext	Westminster-derived parliamentary system ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
memberOf	Government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
nominator	Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
officeHolderTitle	Prime Minister ⓘ
officeLanguage	English ⓘ
officeScope	national government ⓘ
officeType	political office ⓘ public office ⓘ
participatesIn	Caribbean Community decision-making via national government ⓘ Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings via national government ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
residence	Official residence of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
responsibility	advising the President on appointment of ministers ⓘ chairing Cabinet meetings ⓘ coordinating government policy ⓘ leading the executive branch ⓘ overseeing national policy ⓘ overseeing public administration ⓘ preparing the government’s legislative agenda ⓘ representing Trinidad and Tobago in international affairs alongside the President ⓘ
role	head of government of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
seat	Port of Spain ⓘ
selectionMethod	indirect election through parliamentary majority ⓘ
styleOfAddress	The Honorable ⓘ surface form: The Honourable
symbol	Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
termCondition	serves while commanding confidence of the House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength	no fixed term ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago → advisingAuthorityForGovernmentSenators → Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Trinidad and Tobago → headOfGovernmentTitle → Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ

Port of Spain → isSeatOf → Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ