1. Bharrat Jagdeo was born on 23 January 1964 and is a Guyanese politician who has been serving as Vice President of Guyana since 2020, in the administration of President Irfaan Ali.
29 Facts About Bharrat Jagdeo
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Bharrat Jagdeo had previously held the office from 1997 until 1999, during the presidency of Janet Jagan.
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Bharrat Jagdeo holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development, green growth and climate change.
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Bharrat Jagdeo was the first and youngest President of Guyana to relinquish office in accordance with term limits he signed into the Guyanese Constitution.
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Bharrat Jagdeo was born in Unity Village in Demerara-Mahaica, in then British Guiana in 1964 to Hindu Indian parents.
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Bharrat Jagdeo subsequently rose to local leadership positions in the party.
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Bharrat Jagdeo attended Bygeval Multilateral High School before migrating to Russia in 1984 for higher studies.
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In 1998, Bharrat Jagdeo married Varshnie Uma Singh in a Hindu wedding ceremony.
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On 8 August 1999, Janet Jagan announced that she was resigning as president for health reasons, and that Bharrat Jagdeo would be her successor.
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In 2003, in his role as Lead Head of Government for Agriculture in the Caribbean Community, Bharrat Jagdeo spearheaded a process to create a more competitive and sustainable agricultural sector in the region by 2015.
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Bharrat Jagdeo was a signatory to the UNASUR Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations in May 2008.
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In November 2009, Bharrat Jagdeo hosted the heads of government of South America in Georgetown, at his one-year anniversary of the pro tempore presidency of UNASUR.
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On 26 November 2011, Bharrat Jagdeo made a far-reaching farewell address ahead of the nation's elections on 28 November 2011.
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Bharrat Jagdeo spoke of accomplishments, such as the economy and defense issues, and emphasised his optimism in the future of Guyana.
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The documentary investigation showed undercover footage of Mr Bharrat Jagdeo seeming to accept bribes although without wanting to know the details of the deal which he was entering, with Su Zhi Rong dealing with the particularities.
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Bharrat Jagdeo has been conferred with honorary doctorates of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, TERI University, the University of Central Lancashire and Trent University.
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Bharrat Jagdeo was awarded the Pushkin Medal by the Government of Russia.
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President Bharrat Jagdeo was elected as chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in September 2005.
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In early 2010, the Secretary General of the United Nations asked Bharrat Jagdeo to serve on the Secretary General's High Level Advisory Group on Climate Financing.
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Bharrat Jagdeo is a Patron of the Delhi-based World Sustainable Development Forum.
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In March 2012, the world's largest and oldest environmental organisation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, announced that President Bharrat Jagdeo would become the IUCN High Level Envoy for Sustainable Development in Forest Countries and an IUCN Patron of Nature.
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Bharrat Jagdeo presented the report to the 53 Heads of Government and other leaders of the Commonwealth, representing about a fifth of the world's population at the 2014 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Bharrat Jagdeo travelled from the 2015 CHOGM to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit in Warsaw where he spoke of the outcomes of CHOGM and the need for continued leadership from Prime Ministers and Presidents.
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Bharrat Jagdeo has been a Special Ambassador to the FAO for Forests and the Environment since 2016.
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The 14 members of the group who met in Brussels designated the former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as their chairperson, with Bharrat Jagdeo designated as one of two Vice Chairs.
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Bharrat Jagdeo has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University, York University, Trent University, the University of Toronto, United Nations University, and the University of the West Indies.
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Bharrat Jagdeo has taken part in Trent University's Carbon Conversation, focusing on the need to de-carbonize the global economy.
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Bharrat Jagdeo was sworn in as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly on 17 August 2015.
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Bharrat Jagdeo was to the fore of domestic and international efforts to protect the democratic process, and see a peaceful transition of power.