George Maxwell Richards, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Maxwell Richards

President of Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2018

Profession: engineer, politician, university teacher, chemical engineer

Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George Maxwell Richards, (1 December 1931 – 8 January 2018), was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician who served as the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013.
He was the first President of Trinidad and Tobago and head of state in the Anglophone Caribbean to have Amerindian ancestry.A chemical engineer by training, Richards was Principal of the St.
Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad from 1984 to 1996.
He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd before joining the University of the West Indies in 1965.
He was sworn into office as President on 17 March 2003 for a five-year term.