Asgar Ally is a former Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1995.[1][2]
Asgar Ally | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1992–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Barrington Greenidge |
| Succeeded by | Bharrat Jagdeo |
He was deputy governor[3] of the Bank of Jamaica prior to returning to Guyana to serve as minister of finance.[4]
He resigned as minister of finance in May 1995 over "political and policy differences" with President Jagan.[5]
Soon after, Ally founded the Guyana Democratic Party,[6] and in July 1996 announced that he would run for president in the 1997 elections. He ran with a coalition of Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) and the Guyana Labour Party (GLP), but it disbanded after the election.[7]
Ally re-aligned with Jagan and the PPP/C[8] joining again to pledge his support during the 2011 elections.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Former Finance Minister Asgar Ally throws support behind PPP/C – chastises Greenidge for being main cause behind pre-1992 economic downfall". Guyana Chronicle. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Bharrat Jagdeo". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "BBC News | Monitoring | Guyana opposition calls for fresh elections". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Granger should exert authority and ensure recount of ballots – Asgar Ally". Stabroek News. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Griffith, Ivelaw L. (1997). "Political change, democracy, and human rights in Guyana" (PDF). Third World Quarterly. 18: 277.
- ^ "Electoral Observation in Guyana 1997" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Organization of American States. 8 April 1998. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Former Finance Minister Asgar Ally joins PPP/C campaign". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Chabrol, Denis (24 December 2018). "No "newbies" for PPP presidential candidate; Jagdeo prepared to publicly criticise a PPP president". Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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