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Capital city
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Port-of-Spain |
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Constitution
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1 August 1976 |
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Corruption
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59 |
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[59th of 160]
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Executive branch > Cabinet
Cabinet appointed from among the members of Parliament |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President George Maxwell RICHARDS (since 17 March 2003) |
Executive branch > Elections
president elected by an electoral college, which consists of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 14 February 2003 (next to be held by January 2008); the president usually appoints as prime minister the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives |
Executive branch > Head of government
Prime Minister Patrick MANNING (since 24 December 2001) |
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Flag modification
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5 |
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[5th of 197]
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Government type
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parliamentary democracy |
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Judicial branch
Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Caribbean Court of Appeals member; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London |
Legal system
based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, nine by the President, six by the opposition party to serve a maximum term of five years) and the House of Representatives (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) |
Legislative branch > A note
Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly, with 15 members serving four-year terms |
National holiday
Independence Day, 31 August (1962) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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59% |
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[59th of 143]
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Political pressure groups and leaders
Jamaat-al Muslimeen [Yasin BAKR] |
Status
democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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UN membership date
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18 Sep. 1962 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.ttmissions.com/aboutus/aboutus.html
http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/trinidad_tobago/index.html |
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; A CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Includes police corruption, business corruption, political corruption, etc. Data for 2005.; Cabinet includes the official name for any body of high-ranking advisers roughly comparable to a U.S. Cabinet. Also notes the method for selection of members.
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ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad & tobago, trinidad tobago, trin. and tob.
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