Former judge sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth head of state

Mar 19, 2013

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Former High Court judge, Anthony Carmona, 60, was sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth head of state on Monday at a public ceremony held at the Hasley Crawford Stadium, on the outskirts of the capital.
In a ceremony carried live on radio and television, Carmona, a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Hugh Wooding Law School, succeeds educator George Maxwell Richards, who ended a 10 year term in the ceremonial post on Sunday.
"Your Excellency can take great satisfaction from the fact that you have served our beloved nation for a decade with honour and distinction," Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar said in a letter to the outgoing head of state.

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