Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr. is a dentist and a politician in

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Early life and family

Jagan is the son of two past Guyanese Presidents,

Cheddi Jagan Cheddi Berret Jagan ( ; 22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 19 ...

and Janet Jagan. His father was a

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whose parents came from

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to work on the plantations of Guyana. His mother was an

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from

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who was of Hungarian and Romanian Jewish descent and a supporter of Palestine. He has a sister, Nadira Jagan-Brancier.

Political activity

In politics, he is the co-founder of the Unity Party of Guyana, a pro-capitalist party seeking to bring more foreign investment to Guyana (which made him an opposite to his parents, who were

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). In 2006, Jagan, joined with Peter Ramsaroop, Paul Hardy and Rupert Roopnarine to form the Guyana Third Force. In 2011, Jagan returned to the party of his father, the People's Progressive Party (PPP), having previously been a leading critic of it, along with Ramsaroop, the leader of Vision Guyana. Joey Jagan subsequently joined with People's National Congress and campaigned vigorously for their eventual victory in the Presidential election (a political/social organization in Guyana).

Personal life

Jagan's son is Cheddi B. Jagan II, is a supporter of the People's National Congress Party APNU.

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