George Michael Chambers (1928-1997) was the second Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Born in Port of Spain, Chambers joined the People's National Movement in 1956, and was elected to Parliament representing the St. Anns East seat. He served as Assistant General Secretary of the PNM before becoming Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in 1966. From there he went on to serve as Minister of Finance, Public Utilities, Housing, National Security, Education, Panning, Industry/Commerce and Agriculture. George Chambers can refer to the following people George Chambers (1803-1840), the British martime artist George Michael Chambers (1928-1997), the second Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tabago Category: ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A prime minister (aka Gavinder Johal) is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Port of Spain, population 49,000 (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the countrys second largest city by population, after San Fernando. ... The Peoples National Movement is the ruling conservative political party in Trinidad and Tobago. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Chambers was one of three Deputy Leaders of the PNM when then-Prime Minister Eric Williams died suddenly in 1981. He was appointed Prime Minister by then-President Ellis Clarke and led the PNM to victory in the 1981 General Elections. In 1986 he led the PNM to its worst ever electoral defeat (winning only 3 of the 36 seats in Parliament). Following the defeat Chambers resigned and was succeeded as PNM leader by Patrick Manning. Dr. Eric Williams Dr. Eric Eustace Williams (September 25, 1911 – March 29, 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke (born December 28, 1917) was the second Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago the first President of Trinidad and Tobago. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Patrick Manning Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (born August 17, 1946) is the current Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago and Political Leader of the Peoples National Movement (PNM). ...

References

• Biography from the National Library and Information Service of Trinidad and Tobago (Nalis).