A report on Cheddi Jagan, Guyana and Cheddi Jagan International Airport
HE Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964.
- Cheddi JaganCheddi Jagan International Airport, formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary airport of Guyana.
- Cheddi Jagan International AirportThe American government supported Forbes Burnham during the early years of independence because Cheddi Jagan was identified as a Marxist.
- GuyanaThe Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the largest and primary international airport of the country, has been renamed after Jagan.
- Cheddi JaganIn March 1997, following the death of President Dr. Cheddi Jagan, then-President Samuel Hinds decided to rename the airport the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
- Cheddi Jagan International AirportThere are two international airports (Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and Eugene F. Correira International Airport (formerly Ogle Airport); along with about 90 airstrips, nine of which have paved runways.
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