Asgar Ally | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 1992–1995 | |
Preceded by | Carl Barrington Greenidge |
Succeeded by | Bharrat Jagdeo |
Asgar Ally is a former Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1995. [1] [2]
He was deputy governor [3] of the Bank of Jamaica prior to returning to Guyana to serve as minister of finance. [4]
He resigned as minister of finance in May 1995 over "political and policy differences" with President Jagan. [5]
Soon after,Ally founded the Guyana Democratic Party, [6] and in July 1996 announced that he would run for president in the 1997 elections. He ran with a coalition of Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) and the Guyana Labour Party (GLP),but it disbanded after the election. [7]
Ally re-aligned with Jagan and the PPP/C [8] joining again to pledge his support during the 2011 elections. [7]