# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-williams-q1338879
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:32:06.621Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-williams-q1338879"
name: "Eric Williams"
slug: "eric-williams-q1338879"
description: "Eric Eustace Williams was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He has been dubbed the \"Father of the Nation\", having led the then-British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status, on 1 August 1976, leading an unbroken string of general election victories with his political party, the People's National Movement, until his death in 1981. He represented Port of Spain South in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago."
tagline: "First Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1911–1981)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1911-09-25"
deathDate: "1981-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump