<P> Under the 1976 constitution , the President is the nominal source of executive power . Like the British Sovereign ( and heads of state in other Westminster systems ) , he or she `` reigns but does not rule '' . In practice , executive authority is exercised by the Prime Minister and his or her cabinet , on behalf of the President . The President appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the largest party in the House of Representatives , and also appoints members of the Senate on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition . The President must be at least 35 years old ( although no President has been younger than 59 ) , a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago , and at the time of nomination must have been resident in the country for an unbroken period of ten years . </P>
<P> Under the 1976 constitution , the President is the nominal source of executive power . Like the British Sovereign ( and heads of state in other Westminster systems ) , he or she `` reigns but does not rule '' . In practice , executive authority is exercised by the Prime Minister and his or her cabinet , on behalf of the President . The President appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the largest party in the House of Representatives , and also appoints members of the Senate on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition . The President must be at least 35 years old ( although no President has been younger than 59 ) , a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago , and at the time of nomination must have been resident in the country for an unbroken period of ten years . </P>
who appoints the prime minister in trinidad and tobago
who appoints the prime minister in trinidad and tobago
President
President