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Born: 27 December 1943
Prime Minister 1992 - Present
President of the Republic of Guyana: 6 March 1997 – 19 December 1997
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Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds
Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds, well-known as Sam Hinds, was Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana when President Cheddi Jagan died on March 6, 1997. As President Jagan had not completed his term in office, under the constitution of the Republic of Guyana, Prime Minister Hinds automatically succeeded him as President.
As Prime Minister, Hinds had been the Deputy Leader of the PPP/Civic coalition. He was the head of the Civic Party before they joined with the PPP.
Elections were held in December, 1997 with Mrs. Janet Jagan, who had been appointed Prime Minister, as the presidential candidate. When the PPP/Civic won the election on December 19, 1997, Mrs. Jagan became the President and she then appointed Sam Hinds her Prime Minister.
President Janet Jagan became ill and, in 1999, decided to resign from the office of President. The intention was to have Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo succeed her. In order to do this, Sam Hinds resigned as Prime Minister on August 9, 1999 allowing President Jagan to appoint Mr. Jagdeo to that office. Mrs. Jagan then resigned from the office of President on August 11, 1999 and the now Prime Minister Jagdeo succeeded her as the Constitution required. On becoming President, Mr. Jagdeo appointed Sam Hinds Prime Minister once more.
Mr. Sam Hinds remains Prime Minister of Guyana.
Mr. Hinds, a chemical engineer who graduated in Canada, was General Superintendent of the Research and Development Division at Linmine.
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