Forbes Burnham
Forbes Burnham was born in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana on February 20th, 1923 and is the Politician. At the age of 62, Forbes Burnham biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Linden Forbes Burnham (1923 to 1985) was a Guyanese political leader and president of Guyana from 1964 to 1985, and as the first Prime Minister from 1964 to 1985.
He is widely believed to have fought for nationalism and urged Guyanese to produce and export more local product (although some of his attempts to do so fell precipitately in Guyana).
Personal life and education
Burnham, an Afro-Guyanese man, was born in Kitty, a suburb of Georgetown, East Demerara, Guyana, as one of three children. He attended Queen's College, the most prestigious secondary school. He received the Guiana Scholarship in 1942 as the colony's top student. Burnham received a law degree from the London School of Economics in 1948. During his time in London, Burnham met many African and Caribbean students, including Abubakar Tafawa of Botswana, Sefawa Nkrumah of Ghana, Sekhu, Nkrumah, and other South African and Caribbean students, as well as Michael Manley of Jamaica and Errol Barrow of Barbados. He was married to Viola Burnham, a political activist who was also interested in politics. Roxane, Annabelle, and Francesca, his first marriage to Bernice Lataste, had three children. Melanie and Ulele's two children were born during his second marriage to Viola, and later they adopted Kamana.
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Burnham was one of the founders of the People's Progressive Party (PPP), which was founded on January 1st 1950. Cheddi Jagan, the Indo-Guyanese labour leader, became the PPP's chairman, and Burnham assumed the PPP's chairmanship. Burnham was the president of the British Guiana Labour Union in 1952, when he took power. The PPP secured 18 of 24 seats in Guyana's first election with universal suffrage, with Burnham and his sister Jessie elected to the House of Assembly in 1953. Burnham served as Education Minister in the short-lived PPP government that followed.
Burnham and Jagan were in the PPP split in 1955. Jagan favoured a socialist domestic policy, but Burnham believed that communism would be a better alternative given the geopolitical challenges of the time. Burnham was mistakenly told in the United Kingdom and the United States that it was somewhat more moderate than Jagan. Burnham, who went on to establish the People's National Congress (PNC), won his first election under that name in 1961, despite this red scare tactic. Guyana incurred substantial debts during Burnham's tenure, witnessed stagflation, and saw a dramatic rise in crime. Burnham's tenure was also marked by PNC elections. Even years later in the 2000s, the United Kingdom and the United States would officially regret this instability.