Lenox Ron O'Dell Shuman (born 13 September 1973)
is a Guyanese politician who has served as
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana since 2 September 2020. He is also the founder and leader of the
Liberty and Justice Party.
On 2 September 2020, Shuman became the first Indigenous-Guyanese to become Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.
Background
Shuman was born on 13 September 1973. His mother was of mixed race, and his father descended from a long line of
Lokono
The Lokono or Arawak are an Arawak people native to northern coastal areas of South America. Today, approximately 10,000 Lokono live primarily along the coasts and rivers of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Barbados and French Guiana. They speak the ...
chiefs. In 1990, the family emigrated to Canada. He graduated from
Confederation College in business and obtained a pilot licence.
Before entering the world of politics, Shuman was a Canadian citizen working as a pilot for
Sunwing Airlines.
In 2009, he married Amanda Van Herten.
In 2009,
Shuman returned to Guyana, and was elected ''toshao'' (village chief) for
St. Cuthbert's Mission in 2015.
The same year,
he was elected vice-chairman of the National Toshaos Council.
In 2019, the courts ruled that members of the National Assembly had to have Guyanese citizenship only,
therefore Shuman relinquished his Canadian citizenship, to form the Liberty and Justice Party and run for president in the
March 2020 Guyanese general election.
References
External links
Parliament Profile
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Living people
1973 births
Guyanese people of Arawak descent
20th-century Guyanese politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Guyana)
People from Demerara-Mahaica