Trinidad and Tobago Celebrates
Its Status as a Republic!

Republic [noun]: A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote (the electorate), and is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them, and responsible to them.
Source: Webster's New Twenthieth Century Dictionary of the English Language. Unabridged 2nd ed., 1973.

How It All Began Why we should be a Republic What being a Republic Really Means Trinidad Ready for Republican Government Preparation for Republican Status Only Sir Ellis' Assent needed to make Trinidad and Tobago a Republic Additional Readings

President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Prof. George Maxwell Richards 2003-

The Road Forward Foundations of Government: the Republican Constitution The Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Our Constitution and You Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Organisational Structure of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Former Presidents of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Sir Ellis Clarke 1976-1987		Mr. Noor Hassanali 1987-1997		Mr. A.N.R. Robinson 1997-2003

Visit our Independence page to learn about the birth of Our Nation.

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