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Guyana: Death of a President

Posted 24 June 2008 18:23 GMT 1 · Written by Skye Hernandez

Categories: Caribbean, Guyana, Ethnicity & Race, Governance, Politics

Ruel Johnson's Fictions ^[1] notes the passing yesterday of Arthur Chung, the first President of Guyana, at the age of 90. He held the post from 1970 to 1980, and was “the first ethnic Chinese President of a non-Asian country.”