| Asgar Ally | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1992–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Barrington Greenidge |
| Succeeded by | Bharrat Jagdeo |
Asgar Ally is a former Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1995.
He was deputy governor of the Bank of Jamaica prior to returning to Guyana to serve as minister of finance.
He resigned as minister of finance in May 1995 over "political and policy differences" with President Jagan.
Soon after, Ally founded the Guyana Democratic Party, and in July 1996 announced that he would run for president in the 1997 elections. He ran with a coalition of Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) and the Guyana Labour Party (GLP), but it disbanded after the election.
Ally re-aligned with Jagan and the PPP/C joining again to pledge his support during the 2011 elections.
References
- "Former Finance Minister Asgar Ally throws support behind PPP/C – chastises Greenidge for being main cause behind pre-1992 economic downfall". Guyana Chronicle. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- "Bharrat Jagdeo". Caribbean Elections. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- "BBC News | Monitoring | Guyana opposition calls for fresh elections". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- "Granger should exert authority and ensure recount of ballots – Asgar Ally". Stabroek News. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- Griffith, Ivelaw L. (1997). "Political change, democracy, and human rights in Guyana" (PDF). Third World Quarterly. 18: 277.
- "Electoral Observation in Guyana 1997" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Organization of American States. 8 April 1998. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Former Finance Minister Asgar Ally joins PPP/C campaign". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- Chabrol, Denis (24 December 2018). "No "newbies" for PPP presidential candidate; Jagdeo prepared to publicly criticise a PPP president". Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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