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Arthur Raymond Chung, OE (10 January 1918 – 23 June 2008) was a Guyanese politician who was the 1st President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese (Chinese Caribbean) to be head of state in a non-Asian country.
Arthur Raymond Chung (Windsor Forest, Demerara; 10 de enero de 1918-Georgetown, 23 de junio de 2008) fue un militante del partido Congreso Nacional del Pueblo de Guyana. Fue el primer Presidente de Guyana entre 1970 y 1980.
25 de abr. de 2022 · Arthur Chung was the first President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese (Hakka) head of state in a non-Asian country. During his time as President of Guyana, the office was that of a ceremonial Head of State, with actual power in the hands of Prime Minister Forbes Burnham.
Arthur Raymond Chung fue un militante del partido Congreso Nacional del Pueblo de Guyana. Fue el primer Presidente de Guyana entre 1970 y 1980. Fue el primer jefe de Estado de origen chino en gobernar un país no asiático.
29 de jun. de 2008 · Arthur Chung, first president of the republic, died on June 23, aged 90. Arthur Chung made world history when he was elected by the National Assembly to be Presi-dent of Guyana making...
24 de jun. de 2008 · Guyana’s first president, Raymond Arthur Chung, OE, died at his Bel Air Springs home yesterday at 12.45 pm from multiple medical complications, his wife Mrs Doreen Chung said. He was 90 years...
President Arthur Chung was the only person to hold the office under those legal provisions. After a 1980 referendum the constitution was amended to make the presidency an executive post (i.e. the office holder would be both the country's head of state and its head of government) and the office became known as the executive president.
