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The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020, were held on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacanies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Guyana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Guyana is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President, advised by a cabinet. Legislative power is vested in both the President and the National Assembly of Guyana. [1] The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
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.
The regions of Guyana are divided into three types of councils: ... Guyanese Government Statistics (Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
Elections were first held in what would become Guyana in the 18th century, at a time when the colonies of Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo were under Dutch control. A Court of Policy was established in 1732, [2] which initially consisted of the Governor, five appointed officials (including the Fiscal Officer and the Vendor Master) and five colonists chosen by the Governor from a list of ...
The State House, Guyana's presidential residence The Supreme Court of Guyana Guyana's parliament building since 1834 The politics of Guyana takes place in a framework of a Parliamentary representative democratic republic , in which the President of Guyana is both head of state and head of government , and of a multi-party system .
This article lists political parties in Guyana.Guyana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties.The main schism is not of ideology, but ethnicity; the People's Progressive Party is supported primarily by Indo-Guyanese people, while the People's National Congress is supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people.
Government ministers of Guyana (14 C, 54 P) P. Political office-holders in Guyana (8 C, 1 P) Presidents of Guyana (12 P) Public services of Guyana (1 C) S.