Janet Jagan
(1920-2009)
President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999
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Janet Rosenberg Jagan OE (October 20, 1920 – March 28, 2009) was the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She was the first female President of Guyana. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Guyana from March 17, 1997, to December 19, 1997. The wife of Cheddi Jagan, whom she succeeded as president, she was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence, in 1993, and the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Gold Medal for Women's Rights in 1998.
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20 October 1920 Chicago, United States
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28 March 2009 (aged 88) Belém, Pará, Brazil
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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