List of prime ministers of Guyana
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This is a list of the prime ministers of Guyana, from the creation of the office of Chief Minister of British Guiana in 1953 to the present day.
Prime Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana First Vice President of Guyana | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Residence | Prime Minister's Residence, Main Street, Georgetown |
Appointer | President of Guyana |
Term length | 5 years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Forbes Burnham |
Formation | 26 May 1966 |
Succession | Any Minister of Government as designated by the President |
Salary | GY$ 1,700,000 per month[1] |
Prime Ministers of Guyana
change№ | Prime Minister (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
Head(s) of State | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
Guyana (Commonwealth realm) | |||||||||
1 | Forbes Burnham (1923–1985) |
26 May 1966 | 23 February 1970 | 3 years, 273 days | People's National Congress | Elizabeth II | |||
Co-operative Republic of Guyana | |||||||||
(1) | Forbes Burnham (1923–1985) |
23 February 1970 | 6 October 1980 | 10 years, 226 days | People's National Congress | Luckhoo Chung | |||
2 | Ptolemy Reid (1918–2003) |
6 October 1980 | 16 August 1984 | 3 years, 315 days | People's National Congress | Burnham | |||
3 | Desmond Hoyte (1929–2002) |
16 August 1984 | 6 August 1985 | 355 days | People's National Congress | ||||
4 | Hamilton Green (1934–) |
6 August 1985 | 9 October 1992 | 7 years, 64 days | People's National Congress | Hoyte | |||
5 | Sam Hinds (1945–) |
9 October 1992 | 17 March 1997 | 4 years, 159 days | People's Progressive Party | C. Jagan Himself | |||
6 | Janet Jagan (1920–2009) |
17 March 1997 | 19 December 1997 | 277 days | People's Progressive Party | Hinds | |||
(5) | Sam Hinds (1943–) |
19 December 1997 | 9 August 1999 | 1 year, 233 days | People's Progressive Party | J. Jagan | |||
7 | Bharrat Jagdeo (1963–) |
9 August 1999 | 11 August 1999 | 2 days | People's Progressive Party | ||||
(5) | Sam Hinds (1943–) |
11 August 1999 | 20 May 2015 | 15 years, 282 days | People's Progressive Party | Jagdeo Ramotar | |||
8 | Moses Nagamootoo (1947–) |
20 May 2015 | 2 August 2020 | 5 years, 74 days | Alliance for Change (APNU) |
Granger | |||
9 | Mark Phillips | 2 August 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 82 days | People's Progressive Party | Ali |
References
change- ↑ "Trinidad, with an economy 8 times Guyana's, pays PM less". 14 October 2015.