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George Maxwell Richards

1931 - 2018

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George Maxwell Richards (1 December 1931 – 8 January 2018) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2003 to 2013. He was the first president and head of state in the Caribbean to have mixed Chinese and Indigenous 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Maxwell Richards is the 13,999th most popular politician (down from 13,919th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Maxwell Richards ranks 13,999 out of 19,576. Before him are Dubravka Šuica, Martial Célestin, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. After him are Ramón Emeterio Betances, Thrasyllus, Mother Shipton, King Dao of Zhou, Stanley Bruce, and Susana Higuchi.

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Among people born in 1931, George Maxwell Richards ranks 338. Before him are Joel Antônio Martins, Hans Alfredson, Emma Andijewska, Aldo Aureggi, Arturo Pomar, and Konrad Stäheli. After him are Arne Selmosson, Ichirō Nagai, Alfred Swift, Mady Mesplé, Ivan Toplak, and Alvin Ailey. Among people deceased in 2018, George Maxwell Richards ranks 292. Before him are Andrei Bitov, Otis Rush, Tony Joe White, Piotr Szulkin, Angelo Vanzin, and Hugh Masekela. After him are Susan Anspach, Sergei Mavrodi, Ion Ciubuc, Zvonko Bego, María Dolores Pradera, and Liz Chase.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, George Maxwell Richards ranks 7 out of 71. Before him are Nicki Minaj (1982), V. S. Naipaul (1932), Stokely Carmichael (1941), Amanda (null), Haddaway (1965), and Dwight Yorke (1971). After him are Billy Ocean (1950), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Keith Rowley (1949), David Jenkins (1952), Stephen Mallory (1813), and Michael Fisher (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, George Maxwell Richards ranks 1. After him are Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Keith Rowley (1949), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), Christine Kangaloo (1961), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), Eric Williams (1911), Anthony Carmona (1953), Ellis Clarke (1917), Patrick Manning (1946), Basdeo Panday (1933), and Noor Hassanali (1918).

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