2018 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

2018 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election

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Nominee Paula-Mae Weekes
Party Independent
Electoral vote Unopposed

President before election

Anthony Carmona
Independent

Elected President

Paula-Mae Weekes
Independent

Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 19 January 2018.

On 5 January 2018, the name of Paula-Mae Weekes, a judge of the Turks and Caicos Islands Court of Appeal, was put forward by the PNM government of Prime Minister Keith Rowley in hopes of reaching a consensus with the UNC-led parliamentary opposition of Kamla Persad-Bissessar, which later indeed endorsed her nomination as well. As Weekes was the only nominated candidate on election day, she was deemed elected without the need for a vote. Paula-Mae Weeks thus became the first woman to take office as president of Trinidad and Tobago on 19 March 2018.[1]

  1. ^ "Trinidad Express Newspapers: News | PM's WISE CHOICE". Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.