Guyana
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- 1616 - 27 Feb
1781;
- 1784 - 22 Apr 1796;
- 27 Mar 1802 - 20 Sep
1803
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- 27 Feb 1781 - Feb
1782;
- 22 Apr 1796 - 27
Mar 1802;
- 20 Sep 1803 - 1875
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- 1875 - 1906
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- 1906 - 8 Dec 1954
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- 8 Dec 1954 - 26
May 1966
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- Adopted 26 May
1966
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Map
of Guyana
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Hear
National Anthem
"Dear Land of Guyana,
of Rivers and Plains"
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Text
of National Anthem
Adopted 21 Apr 1966
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Constitution
(6 Oct 1980)
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Capital:
Georgetown
(Essequibo: Georgetown
1812-
1831, Stabroek 1784 -1812,
La Nouvelle Ville
1782-1784,
Fort Zeelandia 1739-1782,
Fort Kykoveral 1616-1739)
(Berbice: New Amsterdam
1812-1831, Fort Nieuw-
Amsterdam 1791-1812,
Fort
Nassau 1666-1791)
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Currency:
Guyanese Dollar
(GYD); 1935-66 Guiana
British
West Indies Dollar (XBWD);
1916-51 British Guiana Dollar
(GYD)
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National
Holiday: 23 Feb (1970)
Republic Day
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Population:
740,685 (2018)
Demerara-Essequibo:
78,734 (1829)
Berbice: 22,102 (1827)
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GDP: $6.30
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$1.43 billion (2017)
Imports: $1.62
billion (2017)
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Ethnic
groups: East Indian 39.8%, black
(African) 29.3%,
mixed 19.9%, Amerindian 10.5%, other
0.5% (includes
Portuguese, Chinese, white) (2012)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 3,270 (2010)
Merchant marine:
55 ships (2018)
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Religions:
Protestant 34.8% (Pentecostal 22.8%,
Seventh Day
Adventist 5.4%, Anglican 5.2%,
Methodist 1.4%), Hindu 24.8%,
Roman Catholic 7.1%, Muslim 6.8%,
Jehovah's Witness 1.3%,
Rastafarian 0.5%, other Christian 20.8%,
other 0.9%,
none 3.1% (2012)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
ACS, ACTO, AOSIS, APM, BTWC, C, Caricom,
CCM, CDB, CELAC, CTBT, CWC, EITI, ESCR,
FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt,
ICRM, ICSID, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISESCO,
ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, Mercosur
(associate), MIGA, NAM, NPT, OAS, OIC,
OPANAL, OPCW, OST (signatory), PCA,
Petrocaribe, UN, UNASUR, UNCLOS,
UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNIDO,
UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Guyana
Index
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Chronology
1499
Discovered by Alonzo de Ojeda and
Amerigo
Vespucci.
1595
Explored by the English under Sir
Walter Raleigh.
1598
First known Dutch expedition to coast
of Guyana
by Capt. A. Cabeliau.
1616
Dutch settlement of Essequibo.
1620
-
1620
Attempted English settlement at
Oyapock (see under
French
Guiana)
1657
Dutch settlement at Pomeroon.
1666
Dutch settlement at Berbice.
1750
Dutch settlement of Demerara
(subordinate to
Essequibo).
27
Feb 1781 - Feb
1782 British
occupation of Demerara, Essequibo,
and
Berbice (subordinated to Barbados).
Feb
1782 - Feb/Mar 1784
French occupation.
20
Feb/27 Mar
1784
Restored to Netherlands.
22
Apr 1796 - 27 Mar 1802 British
occupation
27
Mar
1802
Restored to Batavian Republic
(Netherlands).
20
Sep 1803 - 13 Aug 1814 British
occupation.
13
Aug
1814
British colonies of Berbice and
Demerara-
Essequibo.
20
Nov
1815
Formally ceded to U.K. by the
Netherlands.
21
Jul
1831
Demerara-Essequibo, and Berbice united
as the
British Guiana colony.
30
May
1953
Granted semi-responsible government
(suspended
from 9 Oct 1953).
26 Aug
1961
Self-rule achieved.
26
May
1966
Independence from U.K. (Guyana).
23
Feb
1970
Republic of Guyana (in occasional
official, but
not
constitutional, use: Co-operative
Republic
of Guyana).
6
Oct 1980
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
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Guyana
(from 1831)
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Berbice
(1666-1831)
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Demerara-
Essequibo
(1616-1831)
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Pomeroon
(1657-1689)
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Berbice
1666
Dutch settlement of Berbice.
15 Nov
1712
Briefly occupied by French under Baron de Mouans.
27 Feb 1781 - 15 Feb 1782 British
occupation of Berbice (subordinated
to Barbados).
15 Feb 1782 - 20 Feb 1784 French
occupation of Berbice.
20 Feb
1784
Restored to Netherlands.
22 Apr 1796 - 27 Mar 1802 British
occupation.
27 Mar
1802
Restored to Batavian Republic
(Netherlands).
23 Sep 1803 - 13 Aug 1814 British
occupation.
13 Aug
1814
Berbice a British colony.
20 Nov
1815
Formally ceded to U.K. by the Netherlands.
21 Jul
1831
United with Demerara-Essequibo as British Guiana.
Commanders
1666 -
1671
Matthijs Bergenaar
1671 -
1683
Cornelis Marinus
1683 -
1684
Gideon Bourse
1684 -
1687
Lucas Condrie
1687 -
1712
Matthijs de Feer
1712 -
1714
Steven de Waterman
1714 - 5 Jan
1733 Anthony
Tierens
Governors
22 Apr 1733 - 6 Apr 1740 Bernhard
Waterham
(b. 1694 - d. 1753)
6 Apr 1740 - 2
May 1749 Jan Andries Lossner
7 May 1749 - 25 Oct
1755 Jan Fredrik Colier
25 Oct 1755 - 21 Sep 1759 Hendrik Jan van
Ryswyck (Rijswijk) (b. 1717 - d. 1759)
21 Mar 1760 - 16 Aug 1764 Wolfert Simon
van Hoogenheim (b. c.1730 -
d. ....)
6 Sep 1764 - 23 Nov
1767 Johannes Heylinger, Jr.
7 Apr 1768 - 2
Jul 1773 Stephen Hendrik de la Sabloniere
(b. 1714 - d. 1773)
16 Nov 1773 - 4 Jul 1774 Johan
Christoffel de Winter
(d. 1774)
15 Dec 1774 - 1 Dec 1777 Isaac
Kaecks
(d. 1777)
19 Jun 1778 - 27 Feb 1781 Pieter Hendrik
Koppiers (1st time) (b.
1753 - d. 1795)
English governor
27 Feb 1781 - 15 Feb 1782 Robert Kingston
(b. 1782 - d. 1815)
French governors
15 Feb 1782 - 15 Jul 1782 Armand Guy Simon
de Coėtnempren, (b. 1742 - d. 1793)
comte de Kersaint (1st time)
15 Jul 1782 - 15 Sep 1782 Louis
Antoine Dazemard de Lusignan, (b. 1726 - d. 1782)
marquis de Lusignan
15 Sep 1782 - 1783
Armand Guy Simon de
Coėtnempren, (s.a.)
comte de Kersaint (2nd time)
20 Jan 1783 - 20 Feb 1784 Georges
Manganon de la Perričre (d. 1789)
Governors
20 Feb 1784 - 23 Sep 1789 Pieter Hendrik
Koppiers (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Sep 1789 - 5 Jul
1802 Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van
(b. 1753 - d. 1806)
Batenburg (1st time)
(acting to 28 Feb 1794)
5 Jul 1802 - 23 Sep
1803 Provisional government
- Jan Carel Willem Herlin
- G. Kobus
(acting)
23 Sep 1803 - Jun 1804
Robert Nicholson (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1810)
23 Jun 1804 - Oct 1806
Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van
(s.a.)
Batenburg (2nd time)
Lieutenant governors
23 Oct 1806 - 26 Nov 1808 James
Montgomerie
(b. 1756 - d. 1829)
26 Nov 1808 - 2 Apr 1809
Samuel Dalrymple (1st time)(acting) (b. 1760 - d.
1832)
2 Apr 1809 - 26 Jan 1810
William Woodley
(b. 1762 - d.
1810)
5 Feb 1810 - 26 Nov 1810
Samuel Dalrymple (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
26 Nov 1810 - Jul 1812
Robert Gordon (1st time)
(b. 1768 - d. 1814)
11 Jul 1812 - 27 Jul 1812 James Grant
(acting)
27 Jul 1812 - Feb 1813
John Murray (acting)
(b. 1739 - d. 1824)
Feb 1813 - 4 Jan 1814
Robert Gordon (2nd time)
(s.a.)
4 Jan 1814 - 1 Nov
1820 Henry William Bentinck
(b. 1765 - d.
1820)
1 Nov 1820 - 22 Dec 1820
Alexander Thistlethwayte (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1820)
(Thistlethwaite, Thistlewayte)
23 Dec 1820 - 28 Mar 1821 Sir John
Cameron (acting)
(b. 1773 - d. 1844)
28 Mar 1821 - Mar 1825 Henry
Beard (1st time)
(b. c.1782 - d. 1832)
23 Mar 1825 - 8 Jul 1826 Sir
Benjamin D'Urban (acting)
(b. 1777 - d. 1849)
8 Jul 1826 - 21 Jul 1831
Henry Beard (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Demerara-Essequibo
1616
Dutch settlement of Essequibo.
1665 -
1666
English
occupation.
1750
Dutch settlement of Demerara (subordinate to Essequibo).
24 Feb 1781
British occupy Demerara.
3 Mar 1781 - 9 Feb 1782
British occupation of Essequibo (Demerara
and Essequibo
subordinated to Barbados).
1 Feb
1782
French capture Demerara.
9 Feb 1782 - 6 Mar 1784 French
occupation of Demerara-Essequibo (subordinate
Berbice).
6 Mar
1784
Restored to Netherlands (Essequibo subordinated to
Demerara).
22 Apr 1796 - 27 Mar 1802 British
occupation of Deemerara-Essequibo.
27 Mar
1802
Restored to Batavian Republic (Netherlands).
20 Sep 1803 - 13 Aug 1814 British occupy
Demerara-Essequibo.
13 Aug
1814
Demerara-Essequibo a British colony.
20 Nov
1815
Formally ceded to U.K. by the Netherlands.
21 Jul
1831
United with Berbice as British Guiana.
Commanders of Essequibo
1616 -
1624
Adriaen Groenewegen
1624 -
1627
Jacob Conijn (Canijn)
1627 -
1638
Jan van der Goes
1638 - Dec
1641
Cornelis Pieterszoon Hose
Dec 1641 -
1644
Adriaen van der Woestijne
1644 - 1657
Adriaen Janszoon
1657 - 19 Aug
1664
Aert Adriaensznoon Groenewegen
(b. 1581 - d. 1664)
1665 -
1666
John Scott -English commander
(b. c.1634? - d. 1696)
1666
Abraham Crijnssen
(d. 1669)
1666
Adriaen Groenewegen, Jr.
1667 -
1670
de Baerland (acting)
17 Jul 1670 - 31 Mar
1676 Hendrik Rol (Roll)
(d. 1676)
31 Mar 1676 -
1678
Jacob Hars (interim)
25 Jul 1678 - 30 Oct
1690 Abraham Beekman
1690
J.P. de Jong (acting)
Governors
9 Dec 1690 - 10 Dec 1707 Samuel
Beekman
(d. 1707)
10 Dec 1707 - 24 Jul
1719 Pieter van der Heyden Resen
24 Jul 1719 - 9 Mar
1729 Laurens de Heere
(d. 1729)
12 Oct 1729 - 16 Jul
1742 Hermanus
Gelskerke
(b. c.1682 - d. 1742)
16 Jul 1742 - 15 Aug
1750 Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande
(b. 1704 - d. 1775)
(acting to 13 Apr 1743)
Directors-general
15 Aug 1750 - 1 Jul
1772 Laurens Storm van 's
Gravesande (s.a.)
1 Jul 1772 - Mar
1781 George Hendrik Trotz
(d. 1804)
Commanders of Demerara
15 Aug 1750 - May
1761 Jonathan Samuel Storm van
's (b. 1728 -
d. 1761)
Gravesande
1761 - 12 May 1764
Laurens
Lodewijk van Bergeijk (b.
1731 - d. 1764)
19 Aug 1765 - 24 Dec
1770 Jan Cornelis van den Heuvel
(b. 1742 - d. 1826)
1 Jul 1772 - Mar
1781 Paulus van Schuylenburg
(b. 1740 - d. 1798)
Governor of Essequibo
3 Mar 1781 - Feb
1782 Robert Nicholson
(b. 17.. - d. 1810)
Governor of
Demerara
17 Oct 1781 - Feb
1782 Robert Kingston
(b. 1782 - d. 1815)
French Governors
10 Feb 1782 - 15 Jul 1782
Armand Guy Simon de Coėtnempren,
(b. 1742 - d. 1793)
comte de Kersaint (1st time)
15 Jul 1782 - 15 Sep 1782
Louis Antoine Dazemard de Lusignan, (b.
1726 - d. 1782)
marquis de Lusignan
15 Sep 1782 - 1783
Armand Guy Simon de
Coėtnempren, (s.a.)
comte de Kersaint (2nd time)
20 Jan 1783 - Mar
1784 Georges Manganon de la Perričre
(d. 1789)
Directors-general
6 Mar 1784 - Oct 1784
Joseph Bourda (acting)
(d. 1798)
7 Oct 1784 - 18 Aug
1789 Jan Lespinasse (L'Éspinasse)
(b. 1753 - d. 1792)
18 Aug 1789 - 31 Mar
1793 Albertus Backer
(b. c.1742 -
d. 1812)
31 Mar 1793 - 5 May
1795 Johan Willem August van Sirtema,
(b. 1764 - d. 1833)
baron van Grovestins
15 May 1795 - 29 Jun
1795 Representatives
- Fileen
- Ouckama
- van Dura
- Duhart
(acting)
29 Jun 1795 - 22 Apr 1796
Antony Beaujon (interim)
(b. c.1763 - d. 1805)
Commanders of Essequibo
Feb 1784 - Oct
1784 Albert
Siraut des Touches (acting)
7 Oct 1784 -
1787
Johannes Cornelis Bert
(b. 1757 - d. 1800)
1787 - 18 Aug
1789
Albertus Backer (1st time)
(s.a.)
18 Aug 1789 - Apr
1791 Gustaf Eduard Meijerhelm
(interim) (b. 1750 - d. 18..)
Apr 1791 - 31 Mar
1793 Matthijs Thierens (interim)
(d.
af.1821)
31 Mar 1793 - 22 Apr
1796 Albertus Backer (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Governor of Essequibo
22 Apr 1796 - 27 Mar
1802 Abraham Jacob van Imbijze van
(b. 1753 - d. 1806)
Batenburg
Commander of Demerara
22 Apr 1796 - 27 Mar
1802 Antony
Beaujon
(s.a.)
Director-general
27 Mar 1802 - 18 Sep
1803 Antony Meertens
(b. 1753 - d.
1815)
Commander of Essequibo
27 Mar 1802 - 18 Sep
1803 George Hendrik Trotz
(s.a.)
Lieutenant governors
20 Sep 1803 - 13 Aug
1804 Robert Nicholson (1st time)
(s.a.)
13 Aug 1804 - 19 Oct
1805 Antony
Beaujon
(s.a.)
19 Oct 1805 - 8 May
1806 James Montgomerie (1st time)(acting)(b.
1756 - d. 1829)
8 May 1806 - 2
May 1807 Henry William Bentinck (1st
time) (b. 1765 - d. 1820)
2 May 1807 - 14 Sep 1807
James Montgomerie (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)
14 Sep 1807 - 24 Jun 1808
Robert Nicholson (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1808 - 3 Apr
1809 Andrew Ross (acting)
(b. 1773 - d. 1812)
3 Apr 1809 - 19 May 1809 Samuel
Dalrymple (acting)
(b. 1760 - d. 1832)
19 May 1809 - Sep 1812
Henry William Bentinck (2nd time) (s.a.)
Sep 1812 - 11 May
1813 Hugh Lyle Carmichael
(acting) (b. 1764 - d.
1813)
12 May 1813 - 17 May
1813 Edward Codd (1st time)(acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1829)
17 May 1813 - 24 Aug 1813
John Murray (1st time)(acting)
(d. 1841)
24 Aug 1813 - 9 Dec
1813 Edward Codd (2nd time)(acting)
(s.a.)
9 Dec 1813 - 25 Jul
1815 John Murray (2nd time)
(s.a.)
25 Jul 1815 - 3 Oct
1815 Edward Codd (3rd time)(acting)
(s.a.)
3 Oct 1815 - 26 Apr
1824 John Murray (3rd time)
(s.a.)
26 Apr 1824 - 21 Jul 1831 Sir
Benjamin
D'Urban
(b. 1777 - d. 1849)
Pomeroon
1657
Pomeroon settlement, subordinate to Essequibo.
1670 - 1686
Incorporated into Essequibo.
1666 -
1667
English occupation.
Apr
1689
Incorporated into Essequibo.
Commanders
1657 -
1661
Cornelis Goliat
(d. 1661)
1661 -
1666
Franēois de Fijne
1667 -
1670
Sael
17 Jul 1670 - 5 Apr
1686 the Commanders
of Essequibo
5 Apr 1686 - Apr
1689 Jacob Pieterszn. de Jonge
Guyana
21 Jul
1831
Colonies of Demerara-Essequibo and Berbice
united as British Guiana.
26 Aug
1961
Self-rule.
26 May
1966
Independence from Britain (Guyana).
23 Feb
1970
Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
Governors
21 Jul 1831 - 1 May 1833 Sir
Benjamin
D'Urban
(b. 1777 - d. 1849)
1 May 1833 - 17 May 1833
Courtenay Chambers (acting)
(b. 1798? - d. 1848)
17 May 1833 - 26 Jun 1833 Charles Felix
Smith (acting) (b. 1786 - d.
1858)
26 Jun 1833 - 4 Mar 1838 Sir James
Carmichael
Smyth
(b. 1779 - d. 1838)
(lieutenant governor to 27 Dec 1835)
28 May 1835 - 17 Jun 1835 Sir Lionel Smith
(acting for Smyth) (b. 1778 - d. 1842)
7 Mar 1838 - 9 Mar 1838
William Nesbitt Orange (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1859)
9 Mar 1838 - 27 Jun
1838 Thomas Bunbury (acting)
(b. 1783 - d. 1857)
27 Jun 1838 - 19 May 1848 Henry Light
(b. 1783 - d. 1870)
20 May 1848 - 12 Feb 1849 William Walker
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1808 -
d. 1890)
12 Feb 1849 - 11 May 1853 Henry
Barkly
(b. 1815 - d. 1898)
11 May 1853 - 23 May 1854 William Walker
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
23 May 1854 - 25 Jul 1857 Philip Edmond
Wodehouse (1st time) (b. 1811 - d. 1887)
25 Jul 1857 - 10 May 1858 William Walker
(3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
10 May 1858 - 9 May 1861 Philip
Edmond Wodehouse (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 May 1861 - 7 Jan 1862
William Walker (4th time) (acting) (s.a.)
7 Jan 1862 - 29 May 1866 Francis
Hincks (1st
time)
(b. 1807 - d. 1885)
29 May 1866 - 12 Aug 1867 Robert Miller
Mundy (acting)
(b. 1813 - d. 1892)
12 Aug 1867 - 25 Jan 1869 Francis Hincks
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
25 Jan 1869 - 26 Dec 1873 Sir John
Scott
(b. 1814 - d. 1898)
27 Jun 1873 - 10 Mar 1874 Edward Everard
Rushworth (acting) (b.
1818 - d. 1877)
10 Mar 1874 - 8 Mar 1877 James
Robert
Longden
(b. 1827 - d. 1891)
(from 18 Mar 1876, Sir James Robert Longden)
8 Mar 1877 - 3
Aug 1877 William Alexander George
Young (b. 1827 -
d. 1885)
(1st time) (acting)
3 Aug 1877 -
6 Apr 1879 Cornelius Hendricksen
Kortright (b. 1817 - d. 1899)
(1st time)
6 Apr 1879 - 4 Dec
1879 William Alexander George Young
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
4 Dec 1879 - 13 Dec 1881 Cornelius
Hendricksen Kortright (s.a.)
(2nd time)
13 Dec 1881 - 4 May 1882 William
Alexander George Young
(s.a.)
(3rd time) (acting)
4 May 1882 - 25 Dec
1887 Sir Henry Turner
Irving
(b. 1833 - d. 1923)
26 Apr 1884 - 2 Sep 1884 William
Frederick Haynes Smith (b.
1839 - d. 1928)
(acting for Irving)
25 Dec 1887 - 13 Jan 1888 Charles Bruce
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1836 - d. 1920)
13 Jan 1888 - 23 Mar 1893 Jenico William
Joseph Preston,
(b. 1837 - d. 1907)
Viscount Gormanston
29 Sep 1888 - 19 Oct 1888 Francis John
Villiers (1st time) (b. 1851 - d. 1925)
(acting for Gormanston)
19 Oct 1888 - 8 Mar 1889 Charles
Bruce (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
(acting for Gormanston)
28 Aug 1890 - 3 Sep 1890 Francis
John Villiers (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Gormanston)
Apr 1891 - 15 Oct 1891
Sir Charles Bruce (3rd
time) (s.a.)
(acting for Gormanston)
24 Mar 1893 - 4 Jul 1893 Sir
Charles Bruce (4th
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
5 Jul 1893 - 10 Oct
1895 Sir Charles Cameron
Lees
(b. 1831 - d. 1898)
15 Dec 1894 - 29 Jan 1895 Cavendish
Spencer Boyle (1st time) (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
(acting for Lees)
10 Oct 1895 - 25 Mar 1896 Cavendish
Spencer Boyle (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
25 Mar 1896 - 3 Feb 1898 Sir
Augustus William Lawson Hemming (b. 1842 - d. 1907)
1 Oct 1896 - 18 Nov
1896 Cavendish Boyle (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Hemming)
27 May 1897 - 28 Jul 1897 Cavendish Boyle
(4th
time)
(s.a.)
(acting for Hemming)
3 Feb 1898 - 23 Mar 1898
Cavendish Boyle (5th time)(acting) (s.a.)
23 Mar 1898 - 25 Dec 1901 Sir Walter
Joseph
Sendall
(b. 1832 - d. 1904)
25 Dec 1901 - 26 Sep 1904 Sir James
Alexander Swettenham (b.
1846 - d. 1933)
26 Sep 1904 - 5 Jul 1912 Sir
Frederic Mitchell Hodgson (b.
1851 - d. 1925)
5 Jul 1912 - 15 Apr
1917 Sir Walter
Egerton
(b. 1858 - d. 1947)
15 Apr 1917 - 4 Apr 1923 Sir
Wilfred
Collet
(b. 1856 - d. 1929)
4 Apr 1923 - 31 Aug
1925 Sir Graeme
Thomson
(b. 1875 - d. 1933)
31 Aug 1925 - 7 Nov 1928 Sir Cecil
Hunter-Rodwell
(b. 1874 - d. 1953)
7 Nov 1928 - 9
Jun 1930 Sir Frederick Gordon
Guggisberg (b. 1869 - d. 1930)
9 Jun 1930 - 26 Mar
1935 Sir Edward Brandis
Denham
(b. 1876 - d. 1938)
26 Mar 1935 - 23 May 1937
Sir Geoffrey Alexander Stafford
(b. 1881 - d. 1948)
Northcote (acting from 1936)
23 May 1937 - 19 Nov 1937 Eubule John
Waddington (acting) (b. 1890 - d.
1957)
19 Nov 1937 - 7 Nov 1941 Sir
Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson (b. 1883 - d. 1971)
7 Nov 1941 - 6
Nov 1946 Sir Gordon James
Lethem
(b. 1886 - d. 1962)
6 Nov 1946 - 12 Apr 1947
William Leslie Heape (acting) (b.
1896 - d. 1972)
12 Apr 1947 - 14 Apr 1953 Sir Charles
Campbell
Woolley (b.
1893 - d. 1981)
14 Apr 1953 - 25 Oct 1955 Sir Alfred
William Lungley Savage (b. 1903 - d. 1980)
25 Oct 1955 - 22 Dec 1958 Sir Patrick
Muir
Renison
(b. 1911 - d. 1965)
22 Dec 1958 - 7 Mar 1964 Sir Ralph
Francis Alnwick Grey (b.
1910 - d. 1999)
7 Mar 1964 - 26 May
1966 Sir Richard Edmonds
Luyt
(b. 1915 - d. 1994)
Queen¹
26 May 1966 - 23 Feb 1970 the
Queen of the United
Kingdom
Governors-general and
Commanders-in-Chief (representing the British
monarch as head of state)
26 May 1966 - 16 Dec 1966 Sir Richard
Edmonds
Luyt
(s.a.)
1 Nov 1966 - 15 Dec 1966 Sir
Kenneth Sievewright Stoby (b. 1903
- d. 1985)
(acting for Luyt)
16 Dec 1966 - 10 Nov 1969 Sir David James
Gardiner Rose (b.
1923 - d. 1969)
10 Nov 1969 - 22 Feb 1970 Edward Victor
Luckhoo (acting) (b. 1912 - d. 1998)
(from 1 Jan 1970, Sir Edward Victor
Luckhoo)
Presidents
23 Feb 1970 - 17 Mar 1970 Sir Edward
Victor Luckhoo (acting)
(s.a.)
Non-party
17 Mar 1970 - 6 Oct 1980 Raymond
Arthur
Chung
(b. 1918 - d. 2008) Non-party
6 Oct 1980 - 6
Aug 1985 Linden Forbes Sampson
Burnham (b. 1923 -
d. 1985) PNC-R
6 Aug 1985 - 9
Oct 1992 Hugh Desmond
Hoyte
(b. 1929 - d. 2002) PNC-R
9 Oct 1992 - 6
Mar 1997 Cheddi Berret
Jagan
(b. 1918 - d. 1997) PPP
6 Mar 1997 - 19 Dec
1997 Samuel "Sam"
Archibald
(b.
1943)
PPP
Anthony Hinds
19 Dec 1997 - 11 Aug 1999 Janet Rosalie
Rosenberg Jagan (f) (b. 1920 - d. 2009)
PPP
11 Aug 1999 - 3 Dec 2011
Bharrat
Jagdeo
(b.
1964)
PPP
3 Dec 2011 - 16 May 2015
Donald Rabindranauth
Ramotar (b.
1950) PPP
16 May 2015 - 2 Aug 2020 David
Arthur Granger
(b. 1945)
PNC-R
2 Aug 2020
-
Mohamed Irfaan Ali
(b.
1980)
PPP
Leader of Government
30 May 1953 - 9 Oct 1953 Cheddi
Berret Jagan
(s.a.)
PPP
9 Oct 1953 - 5
Sep 1961 Post suspended
President of the Executive Council
27 Dec 1953 - Aug 1957
Sir Edwin Frank McDavid
(b. 1895 - d. 1980) Non-party
Premiers
5 Sep 1961 - 12 Dec
1964 Cheddi Berret
Jagan
(s.a.)
PPP
12 Dec 1964 - 26 May 1966 Linden Forbes
Sampson Burnham
(s.a.)
PNC-R
Prime ministers
26 May 1966 - 6 Oct 1980 Linden
Forbes Sampson
Burnham
(s.a.)
PNC-R
6 Oct 1980 - 16 Aug
1984 Ptolemy Alexander
Reid
(b. 1918 - d. 2003) PNC-R
16 Aug 1984 - 6 Aug 1985 Hugh
Desmond
Hoyte
(s.a.)
PNC-R
6 Aug 1985 - 9
Oct 1992 Hamilton
Green
(b.
1934)
PNC-R
9 Oct 1992 - 17 Mar
1997 Samuel "Sam"
Archibald
(s.a.)
PPP
Anthony Hinds (1st time)
17 Mar 1997 - 22 Dec 1997 Janet Rosalie
Rosenberg Jagan (f)
(s.a.)
PPP
22 Dec 1997 - 9 Aug 1999 Samuel
"Sam"
Archibald
(s.a.)
PPP
Anthony Hinds (2nd time)
9 Aug 1999 - 11 Aug
1999 Bharrat
Jagdeo
(s.a.)
PPP
11 Aug 1999 - 20 May 2015 Samuel "Sam"
Archibald
(s.a.)
PPP
Anthony Hinds (3rd time)
20 May 2015 - 2 Aug 2020 Moses
Veerasammy Nagamootoo (b.
1947)
AC
2 Aug 2020
-
Mark
Phillips
(b. 1961)
PPP
¹Full style:
(a) 26 May 1966 - 18 Jun 1966: "By the Grace
of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories
Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) 18 Jun 1966 - 23 Feb 1970: "By the Grace
of God, Queen of Guyana and of Her other Realms
and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."
Territorial Disputes: All of the area
west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela
preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana
has expressed its intention to join Barbados in
asserting claims before UN Convention on the Law of the
Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime
boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters;
Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and
Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the
headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks arbitration
under provisions of the UNCLOS to resolve the
long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the
territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters.
Party abbreviations: AFC = Alliance
for Change (socialist, progressive, nationalist,
est.2005); APNU-AC = A
Partnership for National Unity-Alliance for Change (PPP
opposition PNC-R led coalition of
AC, Guyana Action Party, National Front Alliance,
Working People's Alliance, & Justice For All Party,
est.Jul 2011); PNC-R
= People's National Congress-Reform (socialist,
populist, mainly Afro-Guyanese, split from PPP, est.5
Oct 1957); PPP = People's
Progressive Party (democratic-socialist, officially
Marxist-Leninist to 1991, mainly Indo-Guyanese, from
1990 electoral alliance called PPP/Civic, est.1 Jan
1950)
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