<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Indirect presidential elections will be held in Trinidad and Tobago on 19 January 2018 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The President of Trinidad and Tobago is indirectly elected for a 5 - year term by an electoral college comprising all 41 members of the House of Representatives and all 31 members of the Senate . </P>

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