At 10.11 am yes­ter­day, Stu­art Young be­came Trinidad and To­ba­go’s eighth Prime Min­is­ter. It is a role he says he feels ho­n­oured to be be­stowed, as he looks for­ward to be­ing able to de­liv­er to cit­i­zens.

Fol­low­ing his swear­ing-in cer­e­mo­ny at Pres­i­dent’s House, St Ann’s, yes­ter­day, Young said, “It’s a great ho­n­our to be the Prime Min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go. This is an ho­n­our on­ly sev­en per­sons have had be­fore me and I am tak­ing that very se­ri­ous­ly, es­pe­cial­ly the re­spon­si­bil­i­ty that I know that comes along with it and apart from be­ing ho­n­oured and a sense of great re­spon­si­bil­i­ty, I’m re­al­ly look­ing for­ward to de­liv­er­ing for the cit­i­zens of Trinidad and To­ba­go in this new role and port­fo­lio.”

The 50-year-old, born on Up­per Hen­ry Street, Port-of-Spain, al­so wast­ed no time in ex­er­cis­ing his prime min­is­te­r­i­al pow­ers by ap­point­ing a new cab­i­net, in­clud­ing the ap­point­ment of Camille Robin­son-Reg­is as At­tor­ney Gen­er­al.