Pt. Reepu Daman Persaud (c. 1936, 6 April 2013) was a Guyanese politician and

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from the

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. He was elected to the Parliament consecutively from 1964 to 2006. He served a member of cabinet between 1992 and 2001 as

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and between 1997 and 2001 as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs as well. He was also twice appointed as the Second Vice President of Guyana - from March to December 1997, and from August 1999 to December 2011.

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