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William Gilbert Demas, OCC, TC (14 November 1929 in
Port of Spain Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municip ...
– 28 November 1998) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician and banker. From 1973 to 1974, Demas was the first
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community is the Chief Executive Officer of the CARICOM, Community and the head of its principal administrative organ, the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM Secretariat. According to both the Or ...
(CARICOM). He had previously been the Secretary-General of its predecessor, the Caribbean Free Trade Agreement (CARIFTA) from 1969 to 1973 and was instrumental in reforming CARIFTA to CARICOM. Demas was the Governor of the
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from 1988 to 1992. He was awarded the
Trinity Cross The Trinity Cross (abbreviated T.C.) was the highest of the National Awards of Trinidad and Tobago, between the years 1969 and 2008. It was awarded for: "distinguished and outstanding service to Trinidad and Tobago. It was awarded for gallantry ...
, Trinidad and Tobago's highest award, in 1989. In 1992 he was one of the initial recipients of the
Order of the Caribbean Community The Order of the Caribbean Community is an award given to The award was initiated at the Eighth (8th) Conference of Heads of State and Governments of CARICOM in 1987 and began bestowal in 1992. Decisions as to award are taken by the Advisory Co ...
, the highest honour awarded by the
Caribbean Community The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...
. He was also awarded the Cacique's Crown of Honour, Guyana's second-highest award, in 1972, the
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in 1982 and the
Order of San Carlos The Order of San Carlos is a state order granted by Colombia. The order was founded 16 August 1954 to honor Colombian citizens and foreign civilians and military officers who have made outstanding contributions to the nation of Colombia, especiall ...
by the government of
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