About Forbes Burnham
Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985. He served as Premier of British Guiana from 1964 to 1966, Prime Minister of Guyana from 1964 to 1980 and then as the first executive president of Guyana from 1980 to 1985. He is often regarded as a strongman who embraced his own version of socialism.
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Awards & Honors
Order of the Southern Cross
Order of the White Rose of Finland
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Order of the National Flag
Order of the Yugoslav Star
Order of the Nile
Order of José Martí
Order of Stara Planina
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honorary citizen of Zagreb
