Style His Excellency | Formation 1964 | |
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Residence St Clair Avenue in Port of Spain Inaugural holder Sir Norman Costar
First High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Website www.gov.uk/government/world/trinidad-and-tobago | ||
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Trinidad and Tobago is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Contents
- High Commissioners to Trinidad and Tobago
- High Commissioners to Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada
- References
Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations exchange High Commissioners rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), in practice they have the same function.
Trinidad and Tobago were British colonies from 1802 to 1964, when the combined country gained independence from Britain and joined the Commonwealth.
From 1974 until 1980 the British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago also served as non-resident High Commissioner to Grenada.