Vice President of Guyana

Vice presidents of Guyana is a political position in Guyana.The Prime Minister of Guyana serves as the First Vice President and acts as the constitutional successor for the President of Guyana in case of a vacancy.[1] Historically, other members of the cabinet have also been appointed as Vice Presidents, who can perform the functions of the President.[2] Vice presidency was created in October 1980 when the executive presidency was created.

Vice Presidents of the
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Incumbent
Mark Phillips and Bharrat Jagdeo
since 2 August 2020
AppointerPresident of Guyana
Term lengthUsual term of 5 years
Inaugural holder
FormationOctober 1980

A history of the office holder follows.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

PositionNameInauguratedLeft OfficeNotes
Vice PresidentPtolemy ReidOctober 1980August 1984
Shiw Sahai NaraineOctober 1983[9]
Hugh Desmond HoyteAugust 1985Became President
Hamilton GreenOctober 1992
Bishwaishwar RamsaroopSeptember 1984[10]
Vice PresidentMohamed ShahabuddeenOctober 1983December 1988[9]
Vice PresidentRanji ChandisinghSeptember 1984October 1992[11][12][13]
Vice PresidentViola BurnhamAugust 1985October 1991[14]
Vice PresidentSam HindsOctober 1992March 1997Became President
Vice PresidentJanet JaganMarch 1997December 1997[15] Became President
Reepu Daman Persaud[16][17]
Vice PresidentSam HindsDecember 1997May 2015
Bharrat JagdeoAugust 1999Became President[16]
Vice PresidentReepu Daman PersaudAugust 1999December 2011[18][19]
Vice PresidentMoses NagamootooMay 20152 August 2020[20]
Carl Barrington Greenidge25 April 2019[21][20]
Khemraj Ramjattan2 August 2020[20]
Sydney Allicock[22][20]
Vice PresidentMark Phillips2 August 2020Incumbent[23]
Bharrat Jagdeo[24]

References

See also