Mr george maxwell richards biography for kids

President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013

HEGeorge Maxwell RichardsTCCM (1 December 1931 – 8 January 2018) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013.

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 1984 to 1996.

Mr george maxwell richards biography for kids

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.

Early life and education

Richards was born at his family's home in San Fernando in South Trinidad in 1931 as one of five children in the family.^[2] He was of Amerindian and Chinese descent.^[3] His father, George Richards, was a