Editing Patrick Manning (section)

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago}}
{{Other people|Patrick Manning}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific-suffix    = 
| name                = Patrick Manning
| image               = Patrick Manning and President Obama at 2009 Summit of the Americas.jpg
| office              = 4th [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]]
| president           = [[A. N. R. Robinson|Arthur Robinson]]<br />[[George Maxwell Richards]]
| term_start          = 24 December 2001
| term_end            = 26 May 2010
| predecessor         = [[Basdeo Panday]]
| successor           = [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]]
| president2          = [[Noor Hassanali]]
| term_start2         = 17 December 1991
| term_end2           = 9 November 1995
| predecessor2        = [[A. N. R. Robinson|Arthur Robinson]]
| successor2          = [[Basdeo Panday]]
| office3             = [[Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start3         = 6 November 1995
| term_end3           = 24 December 2001
| predecessor3        = [[Basdeo Panday]]
| successor3          = [[Basdeo Panday]]
| term_start4         = 6 July 1986
| term_end4           = 1 December 1991
| predecessor4        = [[Basdeo Panday]]
| successor4          = [[Basdeo Panday]]
| office5             = 3rd Political Leader of the [[People's National Movement]]
| term_start5         = 19 December 1986
| term_end5           = 26 May 2010
| predecessor5        = [[George Chambers]]
| successor5          = [[Keith Rowley]]
| birth_name          = Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning
| birth_date          = {{birth date |1946|8|17|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| death_date          = 2 July 2016 (aged 69)
| death_place         = San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
| party               = [[People's National Movement]]
| spouse              = [[Hazel Manning]] (1972–2016; ''his death'')
| alma_mater          = [[University of the West Indies]]
| website             = 
| caption             = Prime Minister Manning and President Obama at 2009 Summit of the Americas
}}
{{post-nominals|list=[[The Honourable|The Hon.]]}} '''Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning''' (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician, who was the fourth [[List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago]]; he served from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995, and again, from 24 December 2001 to 26 May 2010.<ref name="Meet Patrick Manning">[http://www.meetmanning.com Meetmanning.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425154500/http://www.meetmanning.com/ |date=25 April 2010 }}</ref> He was also the political leader of the [[People's National Movement]] (PNM) from 1987 to 2010.<ref name="Meet Patrick Manning"/> A geologist by training, Manning served as Member of Parliament for the [[San Fernando East (parliamentary constituency)|San Fernando East]] [[Trinidad and Tobago Parliament constituencies|constituency]] from 1971 until 2015 when he was replaced by Randall Mitchell, but with the seat in 2020 being won by his son Brian Manning. Patrick Manning was the longest-serving member of the [[House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago|House of Representatives]].<ref name="nalis">
[http://www.nalis.gov.tt/govbios/PatrickManning.htm  Manning's son Brian Manning is now MP in his old seat. Biographical Summary of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501103716/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/govbios/PatrickManning.htm |date=1 May 2006 }}, from NALIS, the National Library and Information Service of Trinidad and Tobago</ref> He was the [[Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2001.

Manning was born in [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]] and received his secondary education at [[Presentation College, San Fernando]], and his [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[University of the West Indies]] at [[Mona, Jamaica|Mona]], in 1969. After graduation, he returned to Trinidad, where he worked as a geologist for [[Texaco]]. Trinidadian historian Dr Bridget Brereton published his biography in May 2024 titled, Manning.