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The Order of Excellence of Guyana is the highest national award of Guyana. [1] Established in 1970 under the Constitution of the Orders of Guyana, [2] it is limited to 25 living citizens of Guyana. This is the highest award of the state and is given to citizens of Guyana for distinction and eminence in the field of human endeavor which is of ...
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The Order of Excellence of Guyana (OE) is the highest national award of Guyana. Sir David Rose, Governor-General of Guyana was amongst the recipients, albeit posthumously. [3] Established in 1970 under the Constitution of the Orders of Guyana [4] it is limited to twenty five living citizens of Guyana. [5]
When Guyana became a republic under the leadership of Forbes Burnham in 1970, the Guyanese National Assembly elected Chung President, making him the first President of Guyana; he took office on 17 March 1970. In addition, the powers of President Arthur Chung was the Commander-in-Chief of Guyana's Armed Forces and chancellor of the Orders 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. [3] [4]
The honours he received included the Colonial Police Medal with bar for gallantry, and the highest award of Guyana, the Order of Excellence, which was awarded posthumously in 1970. [1] He was the first to be buried at the Place of Heroes inside the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown, Guyana. [1]
Order of Excellence of Guyana; Order of Roraima of Guyana This page was last edited on 30 September 2015, at 11:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Order of Roraima of Guyana is the second highest National Award of Guyana, and is limited to only thirty five living Guyanese recipients. Established in 1976, it is awarded to any citizen of Guyana who has given outstanding service to the nation. Citizens of foreign nations who are deemed eligible may be appointed as honorary members of the ...