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He is the current Minister of Agriculture in Guyana. He was appointed minister on August 5, 2020 by President Irfaan Ali. Education. Mustapha Zulfikar has a degree in management from the University of the West Indies. Career. Zulfikar started his career working as Assistant General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union ...
Website. agriculture .gov .gy. The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the executive branch of government in the country of Guyana. He or she is based at the Ministry of Agriculture, in Regent Street, Georgetown. The current minister is Zulfikar Mustapha, who was appointed to the position in 2020. [1]
Land use. Historically, agriculture was the chief economic activity in Guyana despite the coastal plain which comprised only about 5 percent of the country's land area being suitable for cultivation of crops, 2% arable land. Much of this fertile area lay more than one meter below the high-tide level of the sea and had to be protected by a ...
In office. November 2011 – 2015. Personal details. Nationality. Guyanese. Occupation. Politician. Leslie Ramsammy is a Guyanese politician who is a member of the National Assembly . He was appointed minister of agriculture on 28 November 2011, after the general elections, and served until 2015.
Nationality. Guyanese. Satyadeow Sawh ( Hindi: सत्यदेव शा) (June 13, 1955 – April 22, 2006) was the Agriculture Minister of Guyana and prominent Hindu politician in Guyana. He also served, at various times as ambassador to: Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador . Satyadeow Sawh (known popularly as "Sash") was born in Central ...
The Cabinet of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a principal component of the executive branch of the government of Guyana. Established by Article 106 of the Constitution of Guyana, the Cabinet consists of the President of Guyana, the Prime Minister, the Vice Presidents (if any additional Vice Presidents are appointed), and the Ministers appointed by the President.
Guyana ( / ɡaɪˈɑːnə / ⓘ or / ɡaɪˈænə / ⓘ ghy-A (H)N-ə ), [11] [5] officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, [12] is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". [13]
The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River. In the ensuing colonial era, Guyana 's government was defined by the successive policies of the French, Dutch ...