President of trinidad and tobago
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A. N. R. Robinson
President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 to 2003
Arthur Napoleon Raymond RobinsonSCOCCTC (16 December 1926 – 9 April 2014; known as A. N. R. or "Ray" Robinson), was a Trinidadian politician who was the third president of the country, serving from 19 March 1997 to 17 March 2003. He was also Trinidad and Tobago's third prime minister, serving in that capacity from 18 December 1986 to 17 December 1991. He is recognized for his proposal that eventually led to the founding of the International Criminal Court.
Robinson was the first active politician to be elected to the presidency, and was the first presidential candidate who was not elected unopposed (the Opposition People's National Movement nominated Justice Anthony Lucky as its candidate for president). President Robinson sparked controversy in his term in office when he refused to appoint certain senators recommended by Prime Minister Basdeo Panday following the elections in 2000 and in 2001 when he appointed the Leader of the OppositionPatrick Manning to the position of prime minister after a tie
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Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, a national of Trinidad and Tobago was born in the Island of Tobago on 16 December 1926. He served his country and people with distinction, honour and fortitude in winning, sustaining and advancing their independence. Convinced of the importance of regional integration for the preservation of that independence he was a staunch supporter of Caribbean regionalism and provided vital leadership to the Caribbean Community at a critical moment in its history.
ANR as he is popularly known prepared himself for service to his country with determination and purpose. He excelled at primary and secondary school in Tobago. While working in the Public Service of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago he earned the Bachelor of Law Degree as an external student of London University and thereafter moved to England to further his studies. In London he qualified as a barrister at Inner temple and then went on to read for the Master of Arts Degree in Philosophy, politics and Economics.
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On the 9th of April 2014, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago mourned the loss of former president and politician Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson who died at the age of eighty-seven (87). Despite humble beginnings in Tobago, ANR Robinson impacted Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean and the international community with his exceptional leadership and significant contributions to development and human rights.
After attending Castara Methodist School (Tobago), the 1939 Bowles scholarship recipient went on to study at Bishop’s High School in Tobago. There he won a Junior House scholarship (1942), excelled in Latin and graduated with two (2) Cambridge Higher Certificates. Despite being unsuccessful in winning another scholarship to further his education, he persisted and pursued a Batchelor of Laws degree as an external student of the London University (1949). He passed the Final Bar Exam at Inner Temple in London (1953) and later obtained a degree in philosophy, politics and economics at St. John’s College, Oxford. He was admitted to practice law in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955.
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