Brindley Benn
Brindley Horatio Benn ( 1923 - December 11, 2009 in Georgetown ) was a Guyanese politician .
biography
Benn joined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) founded in 1950 by Cheddi and his wife, Janet Jagan . He took a key role in Guyana's efforts to gain sovereignty from the United Kingdom alongside the Jagans . In 1957 he was appointed minister in his cabinet by Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan and was Minister for Education, National and Local Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources and Deputy Prime Minister until 1964.
At the beginning of the 1960s, he was imprisoned for a few months by the British colonial power . After his release he resigned from the PPP and instead founded the Working People's Vanguard Party (WPVG), before he founded the socialist Working People's Alliance (WPA) with Walter Rodney, among others, in 1974 , which fought against the increasingly dictatorial government of the People's National Congress (PNC) under Prime Minister Forbes Burnham .
When Cheddi Jagan was elected President of Guyana in 1992 , Benn was elected a member of the National Assembly on the PPP list. The following year Jagan appointed him High Commissioner in Canada and held that office until 1998.
Benn, father of the incumbent Transport Minister Robeson Benn, died after a long illness.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benn, Brindley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benn, Brindley Horatio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guyanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2009 |
| Place of death | Georgetown |