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]}

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]

References

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20. GTIMES (16 May 2019). "President announces plans to reshuffle Permanent Secretaries".
21. "Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana 2019.04 25". motp.gov.gy.
22. Chabrol, Denis (14 April 2019). "Legality of Allicock acting as Prime Minister questioned". Demerara Waves.
23. "Irfaan Ali sworn in as President, Mark Phillips as PM, Jagdeo as Vice President". Stabroek News. 2 August 2020.
24. "Vice President Jagdeo to head Gov't transition team". NewsRoom. 2 August 2020.

See also

• President of Guyana
• Prime Minister of Guyana