Eric Williams

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Eric Eustace Williams 25 September 1911 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

29 March 1981(1981-03-29) (69) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

31 August 1962 – 29 March 1981

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1911–1981) For other people named Eric Williams, see Eric Williams (disambiguation). The Hon. Eric Eustace Williams TC CH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962 , and republic status on 1 August 1976, leading an unbroken string of general elections victories with his political party, the People's National Movement, until his death in 1981. He was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and also a noted Caribbean historian.