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Bharrat Jagdeo

Personal data
Date of birth23 January 1964(age 52)
Place of birthUnity Village, British Guiana
(now Guyana)
Political partyPeople's Progressive Party
SpouseVarshni Jagdeo (Divorced)
Alma materPeoples' Friendship University of Russia
ReligionHinduism
President of Guyana
Assumed office11 August 1999
Prime ministerSam Hinds
Preceded byJanet Jagan
Prime Minister of Guyana
In office9 August 1999 - 11 August 1999
PresidentJanet Jagan
Succeeded bySam Hinds
Preceded bySam Hinds
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
Assumed office26 November 2010
Preceded byRafael Correa

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Bharrat Jagdeo (born 23 January 1964) has been the President of Guyana since 11 August 1999. Prior to his presidency he was Minister of Finance and became President after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons; he has since won two elections, in 2001 and 2006.

Jagdeo was born in Unity Village on the East Coast of Demerara. 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.


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