Bharrat Jagdeo

The Honourable Bharrat Jagdeo
Jagdeo in 2022
Vice President of Guyana
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 August 2020 Serving with Mark Phillips
President	Irfaan Ali
Prime Minister	Mark Phillips
Preceded by	Carl Barrington Greenidge Khemraj Ramjattan Sydney Allicock
In office 19 December 1997 – 9 August 1999 Serving with Sam Hinds
President	Janet Jagan
Preceded by	Janet Jagan Reepu Daman Persaud
Succeeded by	Reepu Daman Persaud
7th President of Guyana
In office 11 August 1999 – 3 December 2011
Vice President	Reepu Daman Persaud
Prime Minister (also First Vice President)	Sam Hinds
Preceded by	Janet Jagan
Succeeded by	Donald Ramotar
7th Prime Minister and First Vice President of Guyana
In office 9 August 1999 – 11 August 1999
President	Janet Jagan
Preceded by	Sam Hinds
Succeeded by	Sam Hinds
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
In office 26 November 2010 – 29 October 2011
Preceded by	Rafael Correa
Succeeded by	Fernando Lugo
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-23) 23 January 1964 (age 60)[1] Unity Village, Demerara-Mahaica, British Guiana (present-day Guyana)
Political party	People's Progressive Party/Civic
Spouse	Varshnie Singh ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2007)​ [a]
Alma mater	Patrice Lumumba University
^ Married under Hindu rites, however never legally registered.

Bharrat Jagdeo (born 23 January 1964) is a Guyanese politician who has been serving as Vice President of Guyana since 2020, in the administration of President Irfaan Ali. He had previously also held the office from 1997 until 1999, during the presidency of Janet Jagan. Jagdeo subsequently served as the President of Guyana from 11 August 1999 to 3 December 2011. He also holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development, green growth and climate change.^[2][3]

Jagdeo, a member of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), served as Minister of Finance from 1995 to 1999, becoming president in 1999 after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons. Subsequently, he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006. He was the first and youngest President of Guyana to relinquish office in accordance with term limits he signed into the Guyanese Constitution.

Following the PPP/C's electoral defeat in 2015 Jagdeo became Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. Furthermore, when the PPP/C returned to power in 2020, Jagdeo was sworn in as a vice president in the administration of president Irfaan Ali.^[4] Vice News alleged that it had uncovered corruption by Jagdeo and several Chinese businessmen. These allegations were rejected by Jagdeo who pointed out instead, that the Vice News documentary failed to provide irrefutable evidence to substantiate its claims and it mostly relied on hearsay and comments by a Chinese businessman Su Zhi Rong against whom he has filed a defamation lawsuit.