Eric A. Williams

Who is Eric A. Williams?

Eric A. Williams was until November, 2007 a Trinidad and Tobago politician and was Member of Parliament for Port of Spain South. Until his resignation from the Cabinet in January 2006, he served as the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries in the then People's National Movement government a post he held from December, 2001. A geologist and geophysicist by training, Williams entered Parliament in 1995 when he won the Port of Spain South seat formerly held by PNM founder Dr. Eric Williams.

In a now discredited February 2004 letter to then Prime Minister and Political Leader of the PNM, Patrick Manning, PNM Councillor Dansam Dhansook alleged that he had paid a TT$75,000 bribe to Williams in seven separate payments over the period January to July, 2003; one of TT$ 15,000 and six of TT$ 10,000. The letter was made public on April 27, 2005 when it was read in the House of Representatives by now Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, United National Congress MP for Siparia. Dhansook has since publicly apologised to Mr. Williams, his colleague Mr. Franklin Khan, and the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago for his role in this entire matter.