A. N. R. Robinson

prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago

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A.N.R. Robinson served as the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He led the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), a coalition party, to victory in the December 1986 elections. The NAR's platform included divesting state-owned companies, reorganizing the civil service, and adjusting the economy due to declining oil revenues. Despite some success in stimulating economic growth and keeping inflation low, the NAR government faced resentment and internal party divisions. In July 1990, a coup attempt occurred where Robinson and other ministers were held hostage for six days. The NAR was subsequently defeated in the 1991 elections. Robinson later supported the United National Congress (UNC) in the 1995 elections, leading to the formation of the first Indo-Trinidadian-led government.12

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…a coalition party led by A.N.R. Robinson, won the majority of seats on a program calling for divestment of most state-owned companies, reorganization of the civil service, and structural readjustment of the economy in the light of shrinking oil revenues. Although the NAR government succeeded somewhat in stimulating economic growth…
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…a coalition party led by A.N.R. Robinson, won the majority of seats on a program calling for divestment of most state-owned companies, reorganization of the civil service, and structural readjustment of the economy in the light of shrinking oil revenues. Although the NAR government succeeded somewhat in stimulating economic growth…
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