1972|| ||  Sir Solomon Hochoy , Governor-General||colspan="2"| 
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 |  1972 to 1 August 1976|| ||  Sir Ellis Clarke, Governor-General||colspan="2"| 
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 ! width="18%"|Tenure 
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 ! width="10%"|Affiliation 
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 | colspan="5" align=center|Republic of Sri Lanka 
 |- 
 |} 

 ==Heads of State of Trinidad and Tobago 1962 – Present== 

 (Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office) 

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 ! width="18%"|Tenure 
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 ! width="55%"|Incumbent 
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 | colspan="5" align=center|Dominion of Trinidad and Tobago 
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 |31 August 1962 to 1 August 1976||||Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Trinidad and Tobagorepresented by:-||colspan="2"| 
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 |  9 December 1961 to