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Also known as Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Dr Irfaan Ali, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali

President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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Mohamed Irfaan Ali is a Guyanese civil servant and politician who serves as the President of Guyana. Born on April 25, 1980, in Leonora, he is a member of the People's Progressive Party. Ali is a citizen of Guyana and follows the Islamic faith.

He has authored works including "Achieving Global Food Security." A statement attributed to him notes that he believes he is on the right side of international law, ethics, and history.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Achieving Global Food Security

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Japan
Active from
1985
darkwavegothic lolitajapaneseneo classicalprogressive rockrock

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Quotes

  • He (Imam Shaheed Mohamed) was instrumental in building the (Queenstown) mosque. He took from his pocket and asked the Muslim community to donate so that the mosque could have been completed. The Muslim community, matter in fact, the community at large is poorer without him.
  • I want to create new educational and work opportunities for young professionals in our country. I want them to gain experience and to become educated and trained to be owners and managers of all sectors of our society. While, at this time, we must rely on foreign know-how in the oil and gas sectors, the ground must be readied now for young Guyanese to assume those positions, regardless of their race, color or creed.
  • Our first line of defense is diplomacy. But we are also preparing for the worst case scenario ... We are preparing with our allies, with our friends, to ensure that we are in a position to defend what is ours.
  • I have made it very clear that on the issue of the border controversy (with Venezuela), Guyana's position is non-negotiable.
  • We are on the right side of international law, on the right side of ethics and on the right side of history.
  • I have already made it clear that the ICJ (International Court of Justice) will determine the controversy surrounding the borders of Guyana and Venezuela. We are firm on this matter and it will not be open for discussion.

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Key facts

Vice president
Bharrat Jagdeo
Prime minister also first vice president
Mark Phillips
Preceded by
David A. Granger
President
Bharrat Jagdeo , Donald Ramotar
Prime minister
Sam Hinds
Succeeded by
Ronald Bulkaan
Born
Mohamed Irfaan Ali , ( 1980-04-25 ) 25 April 1980 (age 46) , Leonora , Essequibo Islands-West Demerara , Guyana
Party
People's Progressive Party/Civic
Spouse
Arya Ali ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 ) ​
Education
St. Stanislaus College
Alma mater
University of Sunderland ( BA ) Anglia Ruskin University ( MA ) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University ( MS ) University of Salford ( LLM ) University of the West Indies ( PhD )
Awards
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (2023)

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Encyclopedic overview

Mohamed Irfaan Ali (born 25 April 1980) is a Guyanese politician serving as the tenth and current president of Guyana since 2020. A member of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), he previously served as the minister of Housing and Water from 2009 to 2015. He is the first Muslim to hold the office, and is the second Muslim head of state in the Americas after Noor Hassanali of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ali was a member of parliament (MP) and served as a cabinet minister under Donald Ramotar until 2015. In 2020, he became the presidential candidate for the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). He won the March 2020 general election. He was sworn in as Guyana's tenth president on 2 August 2020, months after his win, due to extensive legal challenges regarding the integrity of the election and a recount of all electoral ballots. He won re-election to a second term as president in the general election held on 1 September 2025.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Irfaan Ali” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.