Trinidad & Tobago
Executive Branch |
Prime Minister | Mr. Patrick Manning |
Chief of State | Mr. George Maxwell Richards |
Trinidad & Tobago
Political Parties |
Citizen Alliance (CA) | Present Leader:
Mr. Wendell Mottley |
Congress of the People (COP)4 | Present Leader:
Mr. Winston Dookeran |
Democratic Action Congress (DAC)2 | Present Leader:
Mr. Hochoy Charles |
Democratic National Assembly (DNA) | Present Leader:
Dr Kirk Meighoo |
Democratic Party of Trinidad & Tobago (DPTT) | Present Leader:
Mr. Steve Alvarez |
Liberation Organisation of Trinidad & Tobago (LOTT) | Present Leader:
Mr. Joseph "Heru" Francis |
Movement for National Development (MND) | Present Leader:
Mr. Garvin Nicholas |
National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) | Present Leader:
Mr. Lennox Sankersingh |
National Democratic Alliance (DNA)3 | Present Leader:
Mr. Carson Charles |
National Democratic Party (NDP) | Present Leader:
Mr. Mike Sims |
National Transformation Movement (NTM) | Present Leader:
Mr. Lloyd Elcock |
People's Liberation Movement (PLM) | Present Leader:
Mr. Eric Hercules |
People's National Movement (PNM)1 | Present Leader:
Mr. Patrick Manning |
Republican Action Movement (RAM)2 | Present Leader:
Mr. Lennox Benjamin |
Tobago United Force/Democratic Action Congress (TUF/DAC)6 | Present Leader:
Ashworth Jack (Steering Committee Chairperson) |
United National Congress (UNC)1 | Present Leader:
Mr. Basdeo Panday |
United National Congress Alliance (UNC Alliance)5 | Present Leader:
TBA |
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1 - TnT political parties website is on the net, please see the "government" section on my tnt links page.
2 - political party only in Tobago.
3 - combination of C4TAP, NAR and DPTT
4 - breakaway faction from UNC
5 - combination of UNC,YEStt, NAR, DPTT and NDP
6 - new political party in Tobago (DAC & Ex-PNMS) - Steering Committee Chairperso, Ashworth Jack. Other members of the Steering Committee are Clyde Adams, Milan Spencer, Benedict Armstrong, Deborah Moore-Miggins, DAC leader Hochoy Charles and Dr Jeff Davidson.
note: National Team Unity (TUN)- no longer exist
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41 electoral boundaries that make up
Trinidad & Tobago Parliament |
| ArimaArouca/MaloneyBarataria/San JuanCaroni CentralCaroni EastChaguanas EastChaguanas WestCouva NorthCouva SouthCumuto/ManzanillaD’abadie/O’MearaDiego Martin CentralDiego Martin North/EastDiego Martin WestFyzabadLa BreaLa Horquetta/TalparoLaventille East/MorvantLaventille WestLopinot/Bon Air WestMayaro |
NaparimaOropouche EastOropouche WestPoint FortinPointe-A-PierrePort-Of-Spain North/St Ann’s WestPort-Of-Spain SouthPrinces Town NorthPrinces Town South/TablelandSan Fernando EastSan Fernando WestSipariaSt Ann’s EastSt AugustineSt JosephTabaquiteTobago EastTobago WestToco/Sangre GrandeTunapuna |
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Other Facts: |
Government type - parliamentary democracy
Legislative branch - bicameral Parliament
House of Representative - 41 members (winner of each electoral boundaries by majority rule)
Senate consists of a 31-member body appointed by the president (16 on the advice of the prime minister; 6 on the opposition leader's; and 9 at his own discretion)
Maximum term in office for senate or house or representative is five years.
Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly with 15 members serving four-year terms, 12 seats, which controls some of the island's domestic affairs.
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, judges are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister; Supreme
Court, judges are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister
The judicial system is composed of the Supreme Court and the District Courts. The Supreme Court of judicature consists of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals. The Chief Justice and 10 Puisne judges represent the High Court. The District Courts are composed of the Chief Magistrate, seven senior and 18 Stipendiary Magistrates. In these courts, the work of the Petty Civil Courts and Courts of Summary jurisdiction is conducted.
For 2007 elections the electoral boundaries has been increased from 36 to 41
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TnT parliament website is on the net, please see the "government" section on my tnt links page. |
