President of Guyana, politician, lawyer (1929–2002)
Desmond Hoyte
Hoyte in 1997
3rd President of Guyana
In office 6 August 1985 – 9 October 1992
Prime Minister
Hamilton Green
Vice President
Hamilton Green Mohamed Shahabuddeen Ranji Chandisingh Viola Burnham
Preceded by
Forbes Burnham
Succeeded by
Cheddi Jagan
3rd Prime Minister and First Vice President of Guyana
In office 16 August 1984 – 6 August 1985
President
Forbes Burnham
Preceded by
Ptolemy Reid
Succeeded by
Hamilton Green
Personal details
Born
(1929-03-09)9 March 1929 Georgetown, British Guiana
Died
22 December 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 73) Georgetown, Guyana
Resting place
the Botanical Gardens
Political party
People's National Congress
Spouse
Joyce Hoyte
Hugh Desmond Hoyte (9 March 1929 – 22 December 2002) was a Guyanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992.
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fraudulent. Following the death of Burnham in 1985, DesmondHoyte came to power. Influenced by Jimmy Carter, Hoyte would put forward electoral reforms which would...
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state-controlled economy to a primarily mixed economic system began under DesmondHoyte and continued under PPP/CIVIC governments. The current PPP/C administration...
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with impunity during the government of Forbes Burnham. However, under DesmondHoyte, Burnham's successor, Rabbi Washington and key associates were arrested...
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General Secretaries) before being dismissed by then-party leader DesmondHoyte whilst Hoyte was leader of the opposition. He served as a parliamentarian for...
in 2000, in December 2002 became party leader following the death of DesmondHoyte. In February 2003 he was officially chosen to lead the PNC. A disappointing...
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