Biography of president george maxwell richards

President of Trinidad and Tobago from to

HEGeorge Maxwell RichardsTCCM (1 December &#;&#; 8 January ) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from to 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 to He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd before joining the University of the West Indies in He was sworn into office as president on 17 March for a five-year term.

Early life and education

Richards was born at his family's home in San Fernando in South Trinidad in as one of five children in the family.^[2] He was of Amerindian and Chinese descent.^[3] His father, George Richards, was a barrister while his mother, Henrietta Martin was a housewife a