Donald Ramotar
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Donald Ramotar is a Guyanese
politician who was elected as President of Guyana in 2011. He has been the General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party
(PPP) since 1997.
, who died earlier in the month.
At the PPP's 29th Congress, he was re-elected to its Central Committee on August 2, 2008, receiving the fourth-highest number of votes (637). Following the Congress, he was re-elected by the Central Committee as General Secretary on August 12, 2008, without opposition; he was also elected to the editorial board of the PPP paper Thunder on this occasion.
On 4 April 2011, the PPP Central Committee chose Ramotar as the party's presidential candidate for the November 2011 election. The decision was unanimous; the other candidates withdrew and thereby obviated the need for a vote by secret ballot. Ramotar held the post of Political Adviser to President Bharrat Jagdeo
at the end of Jagdeo's term. He narrowly won the election in November 2011, but the PPP fell short of a parliamentary majority, meaning that he would serve as President while the opposition would hold a majority in the National Assembly.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
politician who was elected as President of Guyana in 2011. He has been the General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (Guyana)
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...
(PPP) since 1997.
Political career
Ramotar joined the PPP in 1967 and was elected to the PPP Central Committee in 1979. He was unanimously elected as the General Secretary of the PPP on March 29, 1997, succeeding Cheddi JaganCheddi Jagan
Cheddi Berret Jagan was a Guyanese politician who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964, prior to independence. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997.- Biography :The son of ethnic Indian sugar plantation workers, Jagan...
, who died earlier in the month.
At the PPP's 29th Congress, he was re-elected to its Central Committee on August 2, 2008, receiving the fourth-highest number of votes (637). Following the Congress, he was re-elected by the Central Committee as General Secretary on August 12, 2008, without opposition; he was also elected to the editorial board of the PPP paper Thunder on this occasion.
On 4 April 2011, the PPP Central Committee chose Ramotar as the party's presidential candidate for the November 2011 election. The decision was unanimous; the other candidates withdrew and thereby obviated the need for a vote by secret ballot. Ramotar held the post of Political Adviser to President Bharrat Jagdeo
Bharrat Jagdeo
Bharrat Jagdeo is a Guyanese politician who has been President of Guyana since 11 August 1999. Prior to his presidency he was Minister of Finance and became President after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons; subsequently he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006.Jagdeo was born in Unity Village...
at the end of Jagdeo's term. He narrowly won the election in November 2011, but the PPP fell short of a parliamentary majority, meaning that he would serve as President while the opposition would hold a majority in the National Assembly.