Khemraj Ramjattan (born 12 October 1960) is a
Guyanese politician and one of the founders of
Alliance for Change.
[http://parliament.gov.gy/new2/about-parliament/parliamentarian/khemraj-ramjattan]
From May 2015 to August 2020, he served as
Minister of Public Security and one of the
vice presidents
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in the cabinet of
David A. Granger.
Ramjattan was born in No. 48 Village,
East Berbice-Corentyne
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. He is an attorney-at-law, and has degrees from
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill
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It was the third campus to be established by the UWI System, follow ...
and
Hugh Wooding Law School
The Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) is a law school in Trinidad and Tobago.
History
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.
He was elected to the
National Assembly of Guyana
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in 1992 when he was a member of
People's Progressive Party.
References
1960 births
Living people
Guyanese people of Indian descent
Alliance for Change (Guyana) politicians
Vice presidents of Guyana
Government ministers of Guyana
Members of the National Assembly (Guyana)
20th-century Guyanese lawyers
People's Progressive Party (Guyana) politicians
University of the West Indies alumni
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