Life and career
Rodrigues,an Amerindian, [3] was born in Moruca,Santa Rosa,Barima-Waini Region. After attending a private school in Georgetown, [1] she received a scholarship for Amerindians [3] and went to study business administration at the University of Regina in Canada and returned to Guyana in 1993. [1] She was required by her scholarship to work for Amerindian communities,and as a result she left the lumber company where she worked and instead went to work for the Inter-American Development Bank's Social Impact Amelioration Programme (SIMAP) in Guyana,although this meant 65% less pay. [3] She became Coordinator of SIMAP's Amerindian Projects Programme,holding that post until 2001,when she went to study in social work at the University of Guyana. [1]
Rodrigues was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Amerindian Affairs in April 2001. Following the 2006 general election,she was reappointed Minister of Amerindian Affairs and sworn in on 4 September 2006. [4] After nearly seven years as Minister of Amerindian Affairs,she was succeeded by Pauline Campbell-Sukhai on 4 January 2008. [5] She was then appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 9 April 2008,replacing Rudy Insanally. [6] She was sworn in on April 10. [7]
Rodrigues continued to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs until the People's Progressive Party (PPP) lost the May 2015 general election. She was subsequently offered a spot on the PPP's list of MPs,but she chose not to take a seat in the National Assembly,preferring to work abroad. [8] She was appointed Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva in August 2017, [9] and Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations in 2020. [2]
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