Hamilton Green

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Guyana; Mayor of Georgetown, Guyana}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hamilton Belal Mohammed Green | image = Hamilton Green mayor (cropped).jpg | caption = Green in 2015 | order = 4th Prime Minister and First Vice President of Guyana | president = Desmond Hoyte | term_start = 6 August 1985 | term_end = 9 October 1992 | predecessor = Desmond Hoyte | successor = Sam Hinds | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|11|9|df=y}}<ref name="profile"/> | birth_place = Georgetown, British Guiana<ref name="profile"/> | death_date = | death_place = | party = People's National Congress <small>(Formerly)</small><br/>Forum for Democracy | office =

| office2 = Mayor of Georgetown | successor2 = Patricia Chase-Green | term_start2 = 1994 | term_end2 = 2016 }} '''Hamilton Belal Mohammed Green'''<ref name="profile">{{cite journal |editor-last=Levy |editor-first=Owen Lancelot |title=Guyana |journal=Personalities Caribbean |publisher=Personalities Ltd |publication-place=Kingston, Jamaica |volume=4 |year=1971 |issn=0553-7150 |oclc=656734195 |page=286}}</ref>(born 9 November 1934)<ref>[http://westindianencyclopedia.com/wiki/Hamilton_Green "Hamilton Green", ''The West Indian Encyclopedia''.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412041412/http://westindianencyclopedia.com/wiki/Hamilton_Green |date=12 April 2013 }}</ref> is a Guyanese politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Guyana. He is the first and only Muslim Prime Minister of Guyana, along with being the first and only Muslim head of government in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-12|title=#BTColumn – Of Muslims and social justice|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/08/12/btcolumn-of-muslims-and-social-justice/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Barbados Today}}</ref>

== Career == Green is an active trade unionist and active in politics since 1961.<ref name="profile" /> He was a member of People's National Congress (PNC). He was minister of works and hydraulics 1969-1972, minister of public affairs 1972-1974, minister of cooperatives and national mobilization 1975-1981.<ref name="dict">{{cite book |last1=Gunson |first1=Phil |last2=Thompson |first2=Andrew |last3=Chamberlain |first3=Greg |title=The dictionary of contemporary politics of South America |date=1989 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=0-02-913145-6 |edition=1. American}}</ref> He was appointed as one of the five Vice Presidents in the cabinet of Forbes Burnham in October 1980, with ministerial portfolio of public welfare and labour, and later the portfolio of minister of agriculture.<ref name="dict" /> He also served as the Prime Minister of Guyana from 6 August 1985 to 9 October 1992. He was removed from office in 1992 when free and fair elections were held in Guyana under the direct supervision of President Jimmy Carter.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2007 |title=Remembering Guyana's 1992 Elections, an excerpt from 'Beyond the White House,' by Jimmy Carter |url=https://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/p/democracy/remembering-guyanna-1992-elections.html |access-date=3 September 2020 |website=Carter Center}}</ref>

In March 1993, Green sued the People's National Congress for violation of his constitutional rights by expelling him from the party. Following this, he formed his own party, Good and Green Guyana (GGG).<ref name="OAS">[http://www.oas.org/sap/publications/1997/moe/guyana/pbl_11_1997_eng.pdf Electoral Observation in Guyana 1997] OAS</ref>

Hamilton Green, who was born in Georgetown, Guyana, is also a former Mayor of Georgetown, in office from 1994 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-25 |title=Dozens of mayors, city councilors remain in office in Guyana for nearly 2 decades |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/dozens-of-mayors-city-councilors-remain-in-office-in-guyana-for-nearly-2-decades |access-date=2022-05-11 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-01 |title=Pat Chase-Green elected Mayor of Georgetown |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/04/01/news/guyana/pat-chase-green-elected-mayor-georgetown/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Stabroek News}}</ref>

In 2003, he was one of the most prominent people to attend the Summit of World Leaders sponsored by Sun Myung Moon. He is a member of the presiding council of the Universal Peace Federation<ref>Video: [mms://205.178.146.40/301776/What_Is_True_Peace_low.wmv "What Is True Peace?"]{{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GUYANA |url=http://upf.org/chapters/list/GY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209072419/http://www.upf.org/chapters/list/GY |archive-date=9 February 2013 |work=upf.org}}</ref>

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{{commons category}} {{S-start}} {{S-off}} {{Succession box |before = Desmond Hoyte |title = Prime Minister of Guyana |years = 1985–1992 |after = Sam Hinds }} {{S-end}}

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