Janet Jagan
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920-10-20
- Died
- 2009-03-28
- Works
- 16
Top works
- A new global human order
- Iraq exposed!
- Janet Jagan, O.E. National Assembly speeches
- The alligator ferry service and other stories from Guyana
- Anastasia the anteater and other stories
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,226x
- A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 27,817x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
- Use of Chemotherapy plus a Monoclonal Antibody against HER2 for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses HER2
· 2001 · cited 9,278x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
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Key facts
- Prime minister also first vice president
- Sam Hinds , Bharrat Jagdeo
- Preceded by
- Sam Hinds
- Succeeded by
- Bharrat Jagdeo
- President
- Sam Hinds
- Premier
- Cheddi Jagan
- Minister
- Cheddi Jagan
- Born
- Janet Rosalie Rosenberg , ( 1920-10-20 ) October 20, 1920, Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- March 28, 2009 (2009-03-28) (aged 88), Georgetown, Guyana
- Party
- People's Progressive Party
- Spouse
- Cheddi Jagan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; died 1997 )
- Children
- Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr. , Nadira Jagan-Brancier
- Relatives
- Suzanne Wasserman (niece)
Key dates
- Born
- 20 October 1920
- Died
- 28 March 2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Janet
- Family name
- Rosenberg
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Guyana
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Georgetown
- Spouse
- Cheddi Jagan
- Occupation
- nurse
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Guyana
Article
Janet Rosenberg Jagan OE (née Rosenberg; October 20, 1920 – March 28, 2009) was an American-born Guyanese politician who served as the 6th President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female president of Guyana, and the first American-born woman to serve as a head of state. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Guyana from 17 March 1997 to 19 December 1997. The wife of Cheddi Jagan, whom she succeeded as president, she was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence, in 1993, and the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Gold Medal for Women's Rights in 1998.
Early years and marriage
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Categories
1920 births2009 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century Guyanese politicians20th-century Guyanese women politicians20th-century Guyanese women writers20th-century women presidents20th-century women prime ministersAmerican emigrants to GuyanaAmerican people of Hungarian-Jewish descentAmerican people of Romanian-Jewish descentFirst ladies of Guyana