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Guyana

Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is most probably an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 239 entities connected with Guyana. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Guyana. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Guyana

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Guyana.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 116 entities identified as PEPs connected with Guyana.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
Prime Minister1--
Vice President1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Foreign Secretary of Guyana--1
Minister of Agriculture11-
Minister of Amerindian Affairs11-
Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports1--
Minister of Education1--
Minister of Finance1-1
Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation1--
Minister of Governance & Parliamentary Affairs1--
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Home Affairs111
Minister of Housing & Water1--
Minister of Human Services & Social Security1--
Minister of Labor1--
Minister of Local Government & Regional Development1--
Minister of Natural Resources1--
Minister of Public Service1--
Minister of Public Works1-1
Minister of Tourism, Industry, & Commerce1--
Minister of Tourism, Industry, and Commerce--1
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the National Assembly-361
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Argentina to Guyana--1
ambassador of Palestine to Guyana-11
Ambassador to the US1--
embajador de España en Guyana-1-
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Guyana-5-

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the National Assembly of Guyana-617
President of Guyana-12
Prime Minister of Guyana-12
Minister of Education of Guyana-11
Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs1--
Attorney General of Guyana--1
Foreign Secretary1--
Governor, Bank of Guyana1--
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana1--
Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Water--1
Minister in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development--1
Minister in the Ministry of Public Works--1
Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport--1
Minister of Foreign Affairs--1
Minister of Health of Guyana--1
Minister of Housing and Water--1
Minister of Human Services and Social Security--1
Minister of Labour--1
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development-1-
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance--1
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister--1
President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana1--
Prime Minister of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...