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Key facts
- President
- Irfaan Ali
- Prime minister
- Mark Phillips
- Preceded by
- Carl Barrington Greenidge , Khemraj Ramjattan , Sydney Allicock
- Succeeded by
- Reepu Daman Persaud
- Vice president
- Reepu Daman Persaud
- Prime minister also first vice president
- Sam Hinds
- Born
- ( 1964-01-23 ) 23 January 1964 (age 62) , Unity Village , Demerara-Mahaica , British Guiana , (present-day Guyana )
- Party
- People's Progressive Party/Civic
- Spouse
- Varshnie Singh ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 )
- Alma mater
- Patrice Lumumba University
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Unity Village
- Occupation
- economist
- Position held
- President of Guyana
- Educated at
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
- Political party
- People's Progressive Party
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Jabdeo 2022 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bharrat Jagdeo
- date of birth
- 1964-01-23
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- Bharrat Jagdeo
- name in native language
- Bharrat Jagdeo
- P10632
- Bharrat Jagdeo
- candidacy in election
- 2020 Guyanese general election
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Encyclopedic overview
Bharrat Jagdeo (born 23 January 1964) is a Guyanese politician who has been serving as Vice President of Guyana since 2020, in the administration of President Irfaan Ali. He had previously also held the office from 1997 until 1999, during the presidency of Janet Jagan. Jagdeo subsequently served as the President of Guyana from 11 August 1999 to 3 December 2011. He also holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development, green growth and climate change.
Jagdeo, a member of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), served as Minister of Finance from 1995 to 1999, becoming president in 1999 after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons. Subsequently, he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006. He was the first and youngest President of Guyana to relinquish office in accordance with term limits he signed into the Guyanese Constitution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bharrat Jagdeo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.