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| Ched⋅di Ber⋅ret [ched-ee -ber-it] , 1918–97, Guyanese politician: prime minister of British Guiana 1953, president of Guyana 1992–97. |
Cheddi Jagan
politician and union activist who in 1953 became the first popularly elected prime minister of British Guiana (now Guyana). He headed the country's government again from 1957 to 1964 and from 1992 to 1997.
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