Hamilton Green

Hamilton Green (born 9 November 1934)[1] is Guyanese politician and once Prime Minister of Guyana.

Hamilton Green
5th Prime Minister of Guyana
In office
6 August 1985 – 9 October 1992
PresidentDesmond Hoyte
Preceded byDesmond Hoyte
Succeeded bySam Hinds
Personal details
Born (1934-11-09) 9 November 1934
Georgetown, British Guiana
Political partyPeople's National Congress (Formerly)
Forum for Democracy

Green is an active trade unionist and muslim by religion, and active in politics since 1961.[2] He was a member of People's National Congress and chosen as one of the five Vice Presidents in the cabinet of Forbes Burnham in October 1980. He also served as the Prime Minister of Guyana from 6 August 1985 to 9 October 1992.

He was removed from office in 1992 when the first free and fair elections were held in Guyana under the direct supervision of President Jimmy Carter.

In March 1993, Green sued the People's National Congress for violation of his constitutional rights by expelling him from the party. Following this he formed his own party, Good and Green Guyana (GGG).[3]

Hamilton Green, who was born in Georgetown, Guyana, is also a former Mayor of Georgetown, in office from 1994 to 2016.[4]

In 2003, he was one of the most prominent people to attend the Summit of World Leaders sponsored by Sun Myung Moon. He is a member of the presiding council of the Universal Peace Federation[5][6]

Notes
  1. "Hamilton Green", The West Indian Encyclopedia. Archived 12 April 2013 at Archive.today
  2. "270 PERSONALITIES CARIBBEAN - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net.
  3. Electoral Observation in Guyana 1997 OAS
  4. "Hamilton Green". nndb.com.
  5. Video: "What Is True Peace?"
  6. "GUYANA". upf.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Desmond Hoyte		 Prime Minister of Guyana
1985 – 1992		 Succeeded by
Sam Hinds
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