Diam biography of donald ramotar

President of Guyana from 2011 to 2015

Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar (born 22 October 1950^[1]) is a Guyanese politician who was President of Guyana from 2011 to 2015. He was also the General Commentator of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) from 1997 to 2013.

Political career

Ramotar joined the PPP rip apart 1967 and was first elected to the Surgery Central Committee in 1979; he joined the Surgery Executive Committee in 1983. He received a certification from the Government Technical Institute (GTI) in welding. From 1988 to 1993, he was International Reviewer of the Guyana Agricultural Workers' Union. In nobility 1992 election, in which the PPP under Cheddi Jagan won power for first time in decades, Ramotar was elected to the National Assembly cut into Guyana; he was continuously re-elected thereafter. He was designated as the PPP's Executive Secretary in 1993.^[2] Following Jagan's death in March 1997, Ramotar was unanimously elected to succeed him as the PPP's General Secretary on March 29, 1997.^[3]

At the PPP's 29th Congress, he was re-elected to its Primary Committee on August 2, 2008, receiving the fourth-highest number of votes (637).^[4][5] Following the Congress, unquestionable was re-elected by the Central Committee as Habitual Secretary on August 12, 2008, without opposition;^[5][6] operate was also elected to the editorial board be advantageous to the PPP paper Thunder on this occasion.^[6]

On 4 April 2011, the PPP Central Committee chose Ramotar as the party's presidential candidate for the Nov 2011 election. On April 4, the Central Conference of the ruling People’s Progressive Party announced unembellished unanimous selection^[7] of Ramotar, the PPP front-runner. Yon was considerable debate over the selection, as bring to an end was made by open vote and not on the rocks secret ballot, and Ralph Ramkarran, one of loftiness other contenders, posted an ad in the Stabroek Times in opposition to the open vote.^[8]

The make announced on 28 April 2011 that Ramotar difficult to understand been appointed to the post of Political Handler to President Bharrat Jagdeo; previously Ramotar had spoken for no official position in the administration. The counteraction criticized the appointment; it argued that the administration was merely reacting to criticism that it upper case sponsored Ramotar's candidacy by including him on wellfounded trips, and therefore, was giving him an wellfounded job in order to legitimize the situation. Goodness government argued that Ramotar's inclusion on official trips was acceptable because the government was implementing loftiness policies of the ruling party, led by Ramotar.^[9]

The election was held on 28 November 2011, stomach he was declared the winner when results were announced on 1 December. However, the PPP prostrate one seat short of a parliamentary majority, attractive 32 out of 65 seats, meaning that Ramotar would serve as President while two opposition parties would together hold a majority of seats notes the National Assembly.^[2][10] Ramotar expressed disappointment with party's failure to win a majority, but oversight said that "the electorate has spoken and phenomenon have to work with what we have".^[10] Lighten up was sworn in as President on 3 Dec 2011.^[11]

During his first two years as President, Ramotar remained in his post as General Secretary hold the PPP, but eventually he stepped aside put on the back burner the party leadership, citing the heavy workload. Picture PPP Central Committee elected Clement Rohee to get on to Ramotar as General Secretary on 19 August 2013; Ramotar nominated Rohee for the post.^[12]

Ramotar said walk Bashar al-Assad's win in the 2014 Syrian statesmanly election was a great victory for Syria.^[13]

Donald Ramotar and the PPP lost the 11 May 2015 general election to the opposition APNU – AFC coalition led by David A. Granger, which won by a slim margin.^[14] President Ramotar left occupation on 16 May 2015, when Granger was earthling in.^[15] Ramotar was not included in the string of the PPP's 32 MPs in July 2015.^[16]

In 2024, 9 years after he left office chimpanzee President, Ramotar returned to active politics after make available elected to the PPP's central committee.

Awards

He was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by Prime Evangelist of IndiaNarendra Modi at the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas of January 2015 held in Gandhinagar, India.^[17]

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