Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr. is a dentist and a politician in
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
.
Early life and family
Jagan is the son of two past
Guyanese Presidents,
Cheddi Jagan
Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 199 ...
and
Janet Jagan
Janet Rosenberg Jagan (October 20, 1920 – March 28, 2009) was a U.S.-born Guyanese politician who served as the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She was the first female President of Guyana. She previou ...
. His father was a
Hindu
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Indo-Guyanese
Indo-Guyanese or Indian-Guyanese, are people of Indian origin who are Guyanese nationals tracing their ancestry to India and the wider subcontinent. They are the descendants of indentured servants and settlers who migrated from India beginnin ...
whose parents came from
India
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to work on the plantations of Guyana.
His mother was an
American
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Ashkenazi Jew
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
from
Chicago
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who was of Hungarian and Romanian Jewish descent.
He has a sister, Nadira Jagan-Brancier.
Political activity
In politics, he is the co-founder of the
Unity Party of Guyana
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Buildings
* Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building
* Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper
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, a pro-capitalist party seeking to bring more foreign investment to Guyana (which made him an opposite to his parents, who were
socialists
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).
In 2006, Jagan, joined with
Peter Ramsaroop
Peter R. Ramsaroop (born 20 June 1962) is a Guyanese entrepreneur, author, and politician. On 2 October 2020 he was appointed by the President of the Cooperative of Guyana, His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali as Guyana's Chief Investment Offi ...
, Paul Hardy and Rupert Roopnarine to form the Guyana Third Force. In 2011, Jagan returned to the party of his father, the
People's Progressive Party (PPP), having previously been a leading critic of it,
along with Ramsaroop, the leader of Vision Guyana (a political/social organization in Guyana).
Personal life
Jagan's son is Cheddi B. Jagan III, also a member of the
PPP/C.
Notes
External links
Unity Party of Guyana
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Guyanese Jews
Guyanese people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Guyanese people of Romanian descent
Jewish Guyanese politicians
People's Progressive Party (Guyana) politicians
Children of national leaders
Guyanese politicians of Indian descent
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Indian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent