George Maxwell Richards
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His Excellency George Maxwell Richards TC CM |
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| 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago | |
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In office 17 March 2003 – 17 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Patrick Manning Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
| Preceded by | Arthur Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Carmona |
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| Born |
1 December 1931 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Ramjohn |
| Alma mater |
University of Manchester Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
George Maxwell Richards, TC, CM (born 1 December 1931) was the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013. A chemical engineer by training, Richards was Principal of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad from 1984 to 1996. He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd before joining the University of the West Indies in 1965. He was sworn into office as President on 17 March 2003 for a five-year term. Richards was the first head of state in the Anglophone Caribbean of Amerindian ancestry.
"Max" Richards, as he is generally known, was born in the town of San Fernando in south Trinidad in 1931. He received his primary education there before winning an exhibition (scholarship) to attend Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain. From 1950 to 1951 he worked for the United British Oilfields of Trinidad (precursor to Shell Trinidad Ltd.) at Point Fortin. He received a scholarship from them to study chemical engineering. Richards then attended the University of Manchester (UMIST), where he took a BEng degree (1955) and an MEng degree (1957). He subsequently obtained a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (Pembroke).
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