Bharrat Jagdeo
| Bharrat Jagdeo | |
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| 7th President of Guyana | |
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In office 11 August 1999 – 3 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Sam Hinds |
| Preceded by | Janet Jagan |
| Succeeded by | Donald Ramotar |
| Prime Minister of Guyana | |
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In office 9 August 1999 – 11 August 1999 |
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| President | Janet Jagan |
| Preceded by | Sam Hinds |
| Succeeded by | Sam Hinds |
| President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations | |
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In office 26 November 2010 – 29 October 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rafael Correa |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Lugo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 January 1964 Unity Village, British Guiana (now Guyana) |
| Nationality | Guyanese |
| Political party | People's Progressive Party |
| Spouse(s) | Varshni Jagdeo (Divorced) |
| Alma mater | Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Bharrat Jagdeo (born 23 January 1964) is a Guyanese politician who was President of Guyana from 11 August 1999 to 3 December 2011. He 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 (PPP), served as Minister of Finance in the 1990s, becoming President in 1999 after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons. Subsequently he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006. He was the first President of Guyana to relinquish office in accordance with term limits he signed into the Guyanese Constitution.
Following the PPP's electoral defeat in 2015, Jagdeo became Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
Jagdeo was born in Unity Village on the East Coast of Demerara in 1964. He joined the youth wing of the People's Progressive Party (PPP), the Progressive Youth Organisation, when he was 13, and became a member of the PPP itself at age 16. He subsequently rose to local leadership positions in the party.
After obtaining a Master's degree in Economics from Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow in 1990, Jagdeo returned to Guyana and worked as an economist in the State Planning Secretariat until the PPP-Civic election victory in the October 1992 election. After this he became Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance.
Jagdeo was appointed as Junior Minister of Finance in October 1993, and a few weeks later, at the PPP's 24th Congress, he was elected to the party's Central Committee. He later became a member of the Executive Committee of the PPP. In the Cabinet, he was promoted to Senior Minister of Finance in May 1995.
On 8 August 1999, Janet Jagan announced that she was resigning as President for health reasons, and that Jagdeo would be her successor. Because the Prime Minister is the President's legal successor, Jagdeo took office as Prime Minister on 9 August, so that he would be positioned to succeed Jagan. He was then sworn in as President on 11 August. At age 35, he was one of the youngest heads of state in the world.
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