CHAIRMAN, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 1 JULY - 31
DECEMBER 2009
His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo
President
Date of Birth: 23 January 1964
Education:
1984: Master's Degree in Economics,
Friendship University, Moscow
Professional/Political Career:
2006:
Re-elected
President
2001:
Elected
President
1999:
Appointed
President
1995:
Appointed
Senior Minister of Finance. Acted as
Prime Minister on several occasions
1993:
Appointed
Junior Minister of Finance.
Elected by the 24th Congress of the People's
Progressive Party (PPP) to sit on the
Central Committee of the PPP.
Subsequently elevated to the Executive
Committee of the Party.
1992:
Appointed
Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance
in the PPP/Civic Government
1990:
Appointed
Economist, State Planning Secretariat
1980:
Qualified for
membership of the PPP. Served in
leadership positions in the PPP District and
Regional Committees
1977:
Joined the
Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), the
youth arm of the PPP
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