Sydney Charles Allicock (born 1954) was minister of Indigenous People's Affairs in

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from 2015-2020, and was vice-president of Guyana from 2015-2020.

Career

Allicock was born in

North Rupununi The North Rupununi District in located in south-west Guyana consisting of a mixture of forest, savannah and wetlands ecosystems and is considered one of the most diverse areas in South America. Located on the eastern margin of the larger savannah sy ...

, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. he was elected Toshao (chief) of the Annai, in Region No. Nine, the North Rupununi in 1989. He is currently the chairman of the North Rupununi District Development Board. His father was one of the founders of the

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and Allicock has been one of the key tutors in their training program. He pioneered Amerindian Heritage Day, which was later adopted as a national event. From May 2015 to August 2020, he served as Minister of Indigenous Peoples' Affairs and one of the vice presidents in the cabinet of

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Recognition

In 2010, Allicock was the recipient of the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence for his public service work. He received the Responsible Tourism Showcase Award from the US Educational Travel Conference, New Orleans, in 2009. In 2020, Sydney Allicock Highway was commissioned and named in his honor. The highway runs through the Rupununi, starting from Central Lethem and running through

Hiawa Hiawa is an indigenous village of Macushi Amerindians in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah The Rupununi savannah is a savanna plain in Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. I ...

, Nappi and Parashara.

References

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