Ethnic groups (2000) 40% Indian (South Asian) 37.5% Africans 20.5% mixed ( Venezuelans , Spaniards , French Creoles , Portuguese , Chinese , Britons , Lebanese , Syrians , Caribs , Italians ) unspecified 0.8% Demonym Trinidadian, Tobagonian Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic - President George Maxwell Richards - Prime Minister