| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Flag: | Flag of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.svg |
| Flagsize: | 125px |
| Flagcaption: | Prime Ministerial Standard |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Insignia: | Seal of the Prime Minister (Trinidad and Tobago).svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Prime Ministerial Seal |
| Incumbent: | Keith Rowley |
| Incumbentsince: | 9 September 2015 |
| Style: | The Right Honourable |
| Termlength: | Five years, renewable |
| Salary: | TT$ 576,000 annually[1] |
| Formation: | 31 August 1962 |
| Inaugural: | Eric Williams |
| Residence: |
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| Seat: | Whitehall, 29 Maraval Road, Saint Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[4] |
| Website: | https://www.opm.gov.tt/ |
The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of the executive branch of government in Trinidad and Tobago.
Following a general election, which takes place every five years, the president appoints as prime minister the person who has the support of a majority in the House of Representatives; this has generally been the leader of the party which won the most seats in the election (except in the case of the 2001 General Elections).
The incumbent prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is Keith Rowley who won the 2015 general election and was sworn in on 9 September 2015 by President Anthony Carmona as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago.[5]
This is a list of the prime ministers of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1950 to the present day:
| (1) (1) | |||||||||
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| Portrait | Name | Term of office & mandate | Party | ||||||
| 1 | Albert Gomes MP for Port of Spain North | 18 September 1950 | 28 October 1956 | 1950 | Party of Political Progress Groups | ||||
| 2 | Eric Williams MP for Port of Spain South-East | 28 October 1956 | 9 July 1959 | 1956 | People's National Movement | ||||
| (1) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Term of office & mandate | Party | |||||
| 1 | Eric Williams MP for Port of Spain South-East, later Port of Spain South | 9 July 1959 | 31 August 1962 | — | People's National Movement | |||
| 1961 | ||||||||
| (4) (2) (1) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Term of office & mandate | Party | Government | |||||||
| 1 | Eric Williams MP for Port of Spain South | 31 August 1962 | 29 March 1981 | — | People's National Movement | Williams I | |||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | Williams II | ||||||||||
| 1976 | Williams III | ||||||||||
| 2 | George Chambers MP for St. Ann's East | 30 March 1981 | 18 December 1986 | 1981 | People's National Movement | Chambers | |||||
| 3 | A. N. R. Robinson MP for Tobago East | 19 December 1986 | 17 December 1991 | 1986 | National Alliance for Reconstruction | Robinson | |||||
| 4 | Patrick Manning MP for San Fernando East | 17 December 1991 | 9 November 1995 | 1991 | People's National Movement | ||||||
| 5 | Basdeo Panday MP for Couva North | 9 November 1995 | 24 December 2001 | 1995 | United National Congress | Panday–Robinson | |||||
| 2000 | Panday II | ||||||||||
| (4) | Patrick Manning MP for San Fernando East | 24 December 2001 | 26 May 2010 | 2001 | People's National Movement | Manning II | |||||
| 2002 | Manning III | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Manning IV | ||||||||||
| 6 | Kamla Persad-Bissessar MP for Siparia | 26 May 2010 | 9 September 2015 | 2010 | United National Congress | Persad-Bissessar | |||||
| 7 | Keith Rowley MP for Diego Martin West | 9 September 2015 | Incumbent | 2015 | People's National Movement | Rowley | |||||
| 2020 | Rowley II | ||||||||||