Mark Phillips (Guyanese politician)

Mark Anthony Phillips
Phillips in 2020
9th Prime Minister and First Vice President of Guyana
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 August 2020 Serving with Bharrat Jagdeo (as Vice President)
President	Irfaan Ali
Preceded by	Moses Nagamootoo
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2020
Constituency	National Top-Up
Personal details
Born	(1961-10-05) 5 October 1961 (age 62) Georgetown, British Guiana (present-day Guyana)
Political party	People's Progressive Party/Civic
Spouse	Mignon Bowen-Phillips
Education	Inter-American Defense College United States Army Command and General Staff College
Alma mater	University of Guyana (BSS) Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (MS)
Military service
Allegiance	Guyana
Branch/service	Guyana Defence Force
Years of service	1981–2016
Rank	Brigadier
Commands	Chief of Defence Staff (2013–2016)

Mark Anthony Phillips (born 5 October 1961^[1]) is a Guyanese politician and retired military officer who is the prime minister of Guyana and first vice president under President Irfaan Ali since August 2020. He served as the chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force from 2013 to 2016.^[2] He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in September 1981.^[2]

Phillips has a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Management from the University of Guyana, and a Masters of Science in Public Sector Management from La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.^[2] He also studied at the Inter-American Defense College in Washington D.C., and the United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.^[2]