President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013
His Excellency
George Maxwell Richards
TC CM
George Maxwell Richards in 2010
4th President of Trinidad and Tobago
In office 17 March 2003 – 18 March 2013
Prime Minister
Patrick Manning
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Preceded by
A. N. R. Robinson
Succeeded by
Anthony Carmona
Personal details
Born
George Maxwell Richards
(1931-12-01)1 December 1931 San Fernando, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
Died
8 January 2018(2018-01-08) (aged 86) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Cause of death
Heart failure
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Jean Ramjohn
Alma mater
University of Manchester
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation
Politician
engineer
HEGeorge Maxwell RichardsTC CM (1 December 1931 – 8 January 2018) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013. He was the first president of Trinidad and Tobago and head of state in the Anglophone Caribbean to have Amerindian ancestry.[1]
A chemical engineer by training, Richards was Principal of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad from 1984 to 1996. He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd before joining the University of the West Indies in 1965. He was sworn into office as president on 17 March 2003 for a five-year term.
^"History of the Presidency | The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago". Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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