Chief Secretary of Tobago
The Chief Secretary of Tobago is the leader of the Tobagonian Government. The Chief Secretary chairs the Tobagonian Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Tobagonian Government policy. Additional functions of the Chief Secretary include promoting and representing Tobago in an official capacity, at home and abroad, and responsibility for constitutional affairs, as they relate to devolution and the Tobagonian Government.
| Chief Secretary of Tobago | |
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Incumbent Farley Chavez Augustine since 9 December 2021 | |
| Style | Chief Secretary (informal) The Honourable (formal) |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CS |
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| Reports to | Tobago House of Assembly |
| Residence | Office of the Chief Secretary |
| Seat | Scarborough, Tobago |
| Nominator | Tobago House of Assembly |
| Appointer | President of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Term length | The Chief Secretary is nominated among the Assembly following quadrennial elections to the Assembly or resignation of the previous Chief Secretary |
| Formation | 4 December 1980 |
| First holder | ANR Robinson AM |
| Succession | 7th in order of precedence |
| Deputy | Faith B. Yisrael |
| Salary | TT$492,360 per annum |
| Website | www |
Politics of Trinidad and Tobago |
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The Chief Secretary is a Member of the Assembly, and is nominated by the Tobago House of Assembly before bring officially appointed by the President. Members of the Tobagonian Cabinet as well as councilors of the Tobagonian Government are appointed by the Chief Secretary. As head of the Tobagonian Government, the Chief Secretary is directly accountable to the Tobago House of Assembly for their actions and the actions of the Tobagonian Government.
The official office of the Chief Secretary is in Calder Hall Road, Scarborough, Tobago as well as the Tobago House of Assembly on Jermingham Street.
The current Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly is Mr. Farley Chavez Augustine of the Progressive Democratic Patriots, he assumed the chair on December 9, 2021.