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Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to his death in 1997. [2] In 1953, he became the first Hindu and person of Indian descent to be a head of ...
Thunder in Guyana is a 2003 documentary film directed by Suzanne Wasserman.It chronicles the relationship between the Chicago-born Janet Rosenberg and Cheddi Jagan, a native of Guyana on South America's northern coast, who fell in love, married and set off for the British colony to start a popular socialist revolution, that led them first to jail and later to the Presidency of the nation.
Janet Jagan. Janet Rosenberg Jagan OE (née Rosenberg; 20 October 1920 – 28 March 2009) was an American -born Guyanese politician who served as the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. [2] She was the first female president of Guyana. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Guyana from ...
Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) 1992: 9 October 1992 6 March 1997† 4 years, 148 days People's Progressive Party/Civic: Hinds: 5 Sam Hinds (born 1943) — 6 March 1997 19 December 1997 288 days People's Progressive Party/Civic: J. Jagan: 6 Janet Jagan (1920–2009) 1997: 19 December 1997 11 August 1999 (resigned.) 1 year, 235 days People's ...
Cheddi Jagan International Airport (IATA: GEO, ICAO: SYCJ), formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary international airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri , 41 kilometres (25 mi) south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown .
Cheddi Jagan. Cheddi Jagan had been born in Guyana in 1918. His parents were immigrants from India. His father was a driver, a position considered to be on the lowest rung of the middle stratum of Guyanese society. Jagan's childhood gave him a lasting insight into rural poverty.
Jagan's Office. On 22 March 2000, the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre, a centre dedicated to the life and work of Cheddi Jagan, opened in the Red House.The centre is operated by friends and family of Jagan who had signed a 99-year lease on the building.
The Indo-Guyanese labour leader Cheddi Jagan became Leader of the PPP, Jagan's wife Janet Jagan became the secretary and Burnham became the first party chairman. Jagan had been the leader of the Political Affairs Committee, which merged with the BGLP to form the PPP. [23] Burnham chose the name of the new party. [3]