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
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Incumbent Mark Phillips and Bharrat Jagdeo since 2 August 2020
Appointer	President of Guyana
Term length	Usual term of 5 years
Inaugural holder	Ptolemy Reid Shiw Sahai Naraine Hugh Desmond Hoyte Hamilton Green Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop
Formation	October 1980

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

Vice President

Position	Name	Inaugurated	Left Office	Notes
Vice President	Ptolemy Reid	October 1980	August 1984
	Shiw Sahai Naraine		October 1983	[9]
	Hugh Desmond Hoyte		August 1985	Became President
	Hamilton Green		October 1992
	Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop		September 1984	[10]
Vice President	Mohamed Shahabuddeen	October 1983	December 1988	[9]
Vice President	Ranji Chandisingh	September 1984	October 1992	[11][12][13]
Vice President	Viola Burnham	August 1985	October 1991	[14]
Vice President	Sam Hinds	October 1992	March 1997	Became President
Vice President	Janet Jagan	March 1997	December 1997	[15] Became President
	Reepu Daman Persaud			[16][17]
Vice President	Sam Hinds	December 1997	May 2015
	Bharrat Jagdeo		August 1999	Became President[16]
Vice President	Reepu Daman Persaud	August 1999	December 2011	[18][19]
Vice President	Moses Nagamootoo	May 2015	2 August 2020	[20]
	Carl Barrington Greenidge		25 April 2019	[21][20]
	Khemraj Ramjattan		2 August 2020	[20]
	Sydney Allicock			[22][20]
Vice President	Mark Phillips	2 August 2020	Incumbent	[23]
	Bharrat Jagdeo			[24]