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Leaders of Guyana and British Guiana
| Governors
of British Guiana |
| 19th
Century |
20th
Century |
| 1831 - 1833 |
Sir
Benjamin D'Urban |
1901 - 1904 |
Sir
James Swettenham |
| 1835 |
Sir
Lionel Smith |
1904 - 1912 |
Sir
Frederick Hodgson |
| 1836 - 1838 |
Sir James
Smyth |
1912 - 1917 |
Sir Walter
Egerton |
| 1840 - 1848 |
Sir Henry
Light |
1917 - 1923 |
Sir Wilfred
Collet |
| 1840 - 1841 |
Sir Henry
McLeod |
1923 - 1925 |
Sir Graeme
Thomson |
| 1849 - 1853 |
Sir Henry
Barkly |
1925 - 1928 |
Sir Cecil
Hunter-Rodwell |
| 1854 - 1861 |
Philip
Wodehouse |
1928 - 1930 |
Sir Frederick
Guggisberg |
| 1862 - 1869 |
Sir Francis
Hincks |
1930 - 1935 |
Sir Edward
Denham |
| 1869 - 1873 |
John
Scott |
1935 - 1936 |
Sir Jeffrey
Northcote |
| 1874 - 1877 |
James
Longden |
1937 - 1941 |
Sir Wilfred
Jackson |
| 1877 - 1882 |
Cornelius
Kortright |
1941 - 1946 |
Sir Gordon
Lethem |
| 1882 - 1887 |
Sir Henry
Irving |
1947 - 1953 |
Sir Charles
Woolley |
| 1888 - 1893 |
Viscount
Gormanston |
1953 - 1955 |
Sir Alfred
Savage |
| 1893 - 1895 |
Sir Charles
Lees |
1955 - 1958 |
Sir Patrick
Renison |
| 1896 - 1898 |
Sir Augustus
Hemming |
1958 - 1964 |
Sir Ralph
Grey |
| 1898 - 1901 |
Sir Walter
Sendall |
1964 - 1966 |
Sir Richard
Luyt |
Governor Generals and Presidents
of Guyana |
| Period |
Governor
General |
Period |
President |
| 1966 |
Sir Richard
Luyt |
1970 - 1980 |
Arthur
Chung |
| 1966 - 1969 |
Sir David
James Rose |
1980 - 1985 |
Forbes
Burnham |
| 1969 - 1970 |
Sir Edward
V. Luckhoo |
1985 - 1992 |
Desmond
Hoyte |
Governor
General abolished 1970.
Ceremonial President replaced by
Executive President in 1980.
Sir E.V. Luckhoo acted as President
before Arthur Chung was appointed. |
1992 - 1997 |
Dr. Cheddi
Jagan |
| 1997 |
Samuel
Hinds |
| 1998 - 1999 |
Janet
Jagan |
| 1999
to date |
Bharrat
Jagdeo |
Prime Ministers and Chancellors
of the Judiciary of Guyana |
| Period |
Prime
Minister |
Period |
Chancellor
of Judiciary |
| 1966 - 1980 |
Forbes
Burnham |
1966 - 1968 |
Sir Kenneth
S. Stoby |
| 1980 - 1984 |
Dr. Ptolemy
Reid |
1968 - 1975 |
Sir Edward
V. Luckhoo |
| 1984 - 1985 |
Desmond
Hoyte |
1976 - 1980 |
J.O.F.
Haynes |
| 1985 - 1992 |
Hamilton
Green |
1980 - 1984 |
Victor
E. Crane |
| 1992 - 1997 |
Samuel
Hinds |
1984 - 1988 |
Keith
S. Massiah |
| 1997 |
Janet
Jagan |
1988 - 1995 |
Kenneth
M. George |
| 1998 - 1999 |
Samuel
Hinds ¹ |
1995 - 1996 |
Aubrey
F.R. Bishop |
| 1999 |
Bharrat
Jagdeo ² |
1996
to date |
Charles
C. Kennard |
| 1999
to date |
Samuel
Hinds |
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| ¹ Prime
Minister Samuel Hinds resigned and Bharrat Jagdeo was appointed
Prime Minister by President Janet Jagan, paving the way for
Jagdeo's appointment to the Presidency as stipulated in the
Constitution of Guyana. Samuel Hinds was then reappointed
Prime Minister. |
| ² Bharrat
Jagdeo served as Prime Minister from August 9 to August 11,
1999. |
| Acknowledgements: Gordon
Forte provided the information on Chancellors of the Judiciary.
George Hartman provided some of the information on Prime Ministers. |
Chief-of-Staff, Guyana Defense
Force (GDF) |
| Period |
Appointee |
Period |
Appointee |
| 1965 - 1969 |
Col Ronald
Pope |
1990 - 2000 |
Maj Gen
Joseph Singh |
| 1969 - 1979 |
Brig
Carl Price |
2000
to date |
Brig
Michael Atherly |
| 1979 - 1990 |
Maj Gen
Norman McLean |
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| All
appointees are Guyanese except for Col Ronald Pope. |
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