The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the

executive branch of government The Executive, also referred as the Executive branch or Executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law, and has overall responsibility for the governance of a state. In political systems ba ...

in the country of

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 ...

. He or she is based at the Ministry of Agriculture, in Regent Street, Georgetown. The current minister is Zulfikar Mustapha, who was appointed to the position in 2020.

List of ministers

* John Sydney Dash (1930-1947) (as Director of Agriculture in

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

) *

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 ...

(May 1953-December 1953) (as Minister of Agriculture, Forests, Lands and Mines) * Frank McDavid (1954-1957) (as Member for Agriculture, Forests and Lands and Mines) * Llewellyn John (1964-1966) * Robert James Jordan (1969-1973) (as Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources) *

Ptolemy Reid Ptolemy Alexander Reid (May 8, 1918 – September 2, 2003) was a Guyanese veterinarian and politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1980 to 1984. Early life He was born in Dartmouth, British Guiana

(1973-1980) (as Minister of National Development and Agriculture) * Joseph Adolphus Tyndall (1980-1985) * Robert Herman Orlando Corbin (1985-1992) *

Reepu Daman Persaud Pt. Reepu Daman Persaud (c. 1936, 6 April 2013) was a Guyanese politician and Hindu pandit from the People's Progressive Party/Civic. He was elected to the Parliament consecutively from 1964 to 2006. He served a member of cabinet between 1992 ...

(1992-1997) *

(1997-2001) (as Minister of Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs) * Navindranauth Omanand Chandarpal (2001-2006) * Robert M. Persaud (2006-2015) * Noel Holder (2015-2020) * Zulfikar Mustapha (2020-)

References

External links

Ministry of Agriculture - Guyana
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Agriculture in Guyana Government of Guyana