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Guyana Army [2. No insignia: Warrant officer class 1: Warrant officer class 2: ... The New Road – a short history of the establishment of the Guyana Defence Force ...
Two new Hal Do 228 were delivered in 2024 from India (type of aircraft pictured) The Defence force air wing was formed in 1968 and was then renamed the Guyana Defence force air command in 1973. Seven Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander were delivered over a five-year period in the 1970s and then were supplemented by Short Skyvans series 3Ms in 1979 ...
Prime Minister Burnham authorized the formation of the Guyana National Service in 1974 as a 1,500-person paramilitary force. He envisioned it as a way to mobilize the youth of Guyana. GNS recruits ranged from ages eight to twenty-five." [3] Guyanese youths who joined, mostly aged 15–20, were sent to three months of military training, followed ...
The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River. In the ensuing colonial era, Guyana 's government was defined by the successive policies of the French, Dutch ...
The Cabinet of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a principal component of the executive branch of the government of Guyana. Established by Article 106 of the Constitution of Guyana, the Cabinet consists of the President of Guyana, the Prime Minister, the Vice Presidents (if any additional Vice Presidents are appointed), and the Ministers appointed by the President.
Irfaan Ali. Mohamed Irfaan Ali (born 25 April 1980) [4] is a Guyanese politician serving as the tenth and current president of Guyana since 2020. A member of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), he previously served as the minister of Housing and Water from 2009 to 2015. He is the first Muslim to hold office, and is the second Muslim ...
Died. December 2018. Nationality. Guyanese. Political party. People's Progressive Party (Guyana) Ronald Gajraj (April 1952 - December 2018) was a Guyanese lawyer and politician and who served as the Minister of Home Affairs. He was a member of the People's Progressive Party .
May 1967. First holder. Ronald Pope. The Chief of Defence Staff is the professional head of the Guyana Defence Force. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the military of Guyana. The current Chief of Defence Staff is Brigadier Omar Khan. The office was officially known as the 'Chief of Staff' until 2024 when ...