Guyana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Guyana is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President,advised by a cabinet. Legislative power is vested in both the President and the National Assembly of Guyana. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Bharrat Jagdeo 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.
The president of Guyana is the head of state and the head of government of Guyana,as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Republic,according to the Constitution of Guyana. The president is also the chancellor of the Orders of Guyana. Concurrent with their constitutional role as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,the president does not appoint a separate Minister of Defence. That portfolio is held by the president who fulfils all responsibilities designated to a minister of defence under the Defence Act.
Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985. He served as Premier of British Guiana from 1964 to 1966,Prime Minister of Guyana from 1964 to 1980 and then as the first Executive President of Guyana from 1980 to 1985. He is often regarded as a strongman who embraced his own version of socialism.
The National Assembly is one of the two components of the Parliament of Guyana. Under Article 51 of the Constitution of Guyana,the Parliament of Guyana consists of the president and the National Assembly. The National Assembly has 65 members elected using the system of proportional representation. Twenty five are elected from the ten geographical constituencies and forty are awarded at the national level on the basis of block votes secured,using the LR-Hare Formula as prescribed by the elections Laws (Amendment) Act 15 of 2000.
Guyana,officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana,is a country on the northern coast of South America,part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north,Brazil to the south and southwest,Venezuela to the west,and Suriname to the east. With a land area of 214,969 km2 (83,000 sq mi),Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state by area in mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname,and is the second-least populous sovereign state in South America after Suriname;it is also one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. It has a wide variety of natural habitats and very high biodiversity. The country also hosts a part of the Amazon rainforest,the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
Manzoor Nadir is a Guyanese politician and Speaker of the National Assembly. Nadir was the Guyanese Minister of Labour and party leader of The United Force between 2001 and 2011.
Stephen Campbell was an Arawakan Guyanese politician and political activist,and the first Amerindian member of Parliament in Guyanese history.
St. Cuthbert's Mission is an Amerindian village on the Mahaica River in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. It comprises approximately 200 households. St. Cuthbert's is regarded by many people in Guyana as the "cultural capital" for Amerindians.
Valerie Aurelia Hart was a Guyanese indigenous political leader from the Wapishana ethnic group and a member of Guyana's Amerindian Party,opposed to the Forbes Burnham government;she ran for the 1968 general elections,although she was not elected. She was exiled after participating in the Rupununi uprising.
Deborah Backer was a Guyanese politician of the People's National Congress who served as the deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana.
Carl Barrington Greenidge is a Guyanese politician from People's National Congress. From May 2015 to April 2019,he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and one of the vice presidents in the cabinet of David A. Granger.
Snap general elections were held in Guyana on 2 March 2020. They were called early after the government of President David A. Granger lost a vote of no confidence by a margin of 33–32 on 21 December 2018,the government having held a one-seat majority since the 2015 elections. However,one of its own MPs,Charrandas Persaud of the Alliance for Change (AFC),voted with the opposition. Granger announced on 25 September 2019 that the elections would be held on 2 March 2020.
Mohamed Irfaan Ali is a Guyanese politician serving as the tenth and current president of Guyana since 2020. A member of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C),he previously served as the minister of Housing and Water from 2009 to 2015. He is the first Muslim to hold office,and is the third Muslim head of state in the Americas after Noor Hassanali of Trinidad and Tobago and Carlos Saul Menem of Argentina.
Sydney Charles Allicock is a Guyanese politician. He was minister of Indigenous People's Affairs in Guyana from 2015-2020,and was vice-president of Guyana from 2015-2020.
Charrandas Persaud is a Canadian-Guyanese lawyer and politician,who was Guyana's High Commissioner to India from March 2021 to October 2022. He was a member of the Guyanese National Assembly from 2015 to 2018,representing the Alliance for Change party in the East Berbice-Corentyne region.
Paruima is an indigenous village of Pemon Amerindians in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana. The village was founded as a mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is the only Pemon speaking community in Guyana.
The Liberty and Justice Party is a political party in Guyana. Its leader and sole MP,Lenox Shuman,has served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly since 1 September 2020.
Yvonne Fredericks-Pearson is a Guyanese politician. She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2015. She served as Toshao of Mainstay/Whyaka from 1994 to 2012.
