List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Trinidad and Tobago

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His Majesty's High Commissioner to the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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Style His Excellency
Residence St Clair Avenue in Port of Spain
Inaugural holderSir Norman Costar
First High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago
Formation1964
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.

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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. [1]

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Modern Trinidad and Tobago maintains close relations with its Caribbean neighbours and major North American and European trading partners. As the most industrialized and second-largest country in the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has taken a leading role in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and strongly supports CARICOM economic integration efforts. It also is active in the Summit of the Americas process and supports the establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, lobbying other nations for seating the Secretariat in Port of Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">British High Commission</span>

A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission, equivalent to an embassy, found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information, passports, dual-citizenship information, and other services between Commonwealth states.

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a high commissioner is the senior diplomat, generally ranking as an ambassador, in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy, the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.

References

  1. ↑ Colin Mackie. "Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). A Directory of British Diplomats. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Charles Moore, Chargé d’Affaires, British High Commission, Port of Spain, gov.uk
  3. ↑ "Harriet Cross, British Consul General in Boston". gov.uk.
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