Sam Hinds

Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds (born 27 December 1943)[1] is a Guyanese politician who was Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously from 1992 to 2015. He also briefly served as President of Guyana in 1997. He was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence (O.E.) in 2011.

Sam Hinds OE
5th Prime Minister of Guyana
In office 11 August 1999 – 20 May 2015
President	Bharrat Jagdeo Donald Ramotar
Preceded by	Bharrat Jagdeo
Succeeded by	Moses Nagamootoo
In office 19 December 1997 – 9 August 1999
President	Janet Jagan
Preceded by	Janet Jagan
Succeeded by	Bharrat Jagdeo
In office 9 October 1992 – 6 March 1997
President	Cheddi Jagan
Preceded by	Hamilton Green
Succeeded by	Janet Jagan
5th President of Guyana
In office 6 March 1997 – 19 December 1997
Vice President	Reepu Daman Persaud
Prime Minister (also First Vice President)	Janet Jagan
Preceded by	Cheddi Jagan
Succeeded by	Janet Jagan
Personal details
Born	(1943-12-27) 27 December 1943 Mahaicony, British Guiana (now Guyana)
Political party	People's Progressive Party
Spouse(s)	Yvonne Hinds
Alma mater	University of New Brunswick

He first became Prime Minister under Cheddi Jagan in 1992, following the October 1992 election, which was won by an alliance of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) and Hinds' group, Civic. When Jagan died in March 1997, Hinds became President himself, and appointed Jagan's widow Janet as Prime Minister. For the December 1997 General Elections, the PPP/C nominated Hinds as candidate for Prime Minister while Janet Jagan was the candidate for the Presidency. Following the election, Jagan was elected President and re-appointed Hinds as Prime Minister.

Prior to this Hinds worked for Alcan as head of chemical engineering. By education, Hinds is a licensed and qualified chemical engineer, having graduated from the University of New Brunswick.[2]

In August 1999, President Janet Jagan decided to resign, and temporarily replaced Hinds with Bharrat Jagdeo; Jagdeo thus became President upon her resignation, and he reappointed Hinds as Prime Minister. After the re-election of the government in the 28 August 2006 election, Hinds was sworn in as prime minister again in early September.

He was re-nominated as the 2011 prime ministerial candidate for the PPP in October 2011, although there were suggestions that he might step aside. After PPP/C candidate Donald Ramotar was elected President, Hinds was sworn in as Prime Minister again on 5 December 2011.[3]

Following the opposition's victory in the May 2015 general election, Hinds was succeeded as Prime Minister by Moses Nagamootoo on 20 May 2015.[4]

Sam Hinds is honored in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Kaieteurosaurus hindsi.[5]