Joseph Tyndall

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Joseph Adolphus Tyndall AA CCH (born September 12, 1927 in Guyana ) is a former Guyanese politician who was the acting Secretary General of the Caribbean Community between August 1977 and August 1978 .

Life

Studies and professional career

Tyndall, son of an entrepreneur and a nurse and midwife, completed his education at the Rose Hall School operated by the Church of Scotland , the New Amsterdam School and the Berbice High School . He then began studying philosophy and economics at the University of Bristol , the University of Exeter and the University of London , completing these studies with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Philosophy) and another Bachelor of Arts (BA Economics). He then worked as a teacher until 1959 and then worked in the labor administration in the Ministry of Labor until 1961.

In addition, he completed a postgraduate course of management science at the University of Exeter and finished this course with a Doctor of Public Administration (DPA). In 1961, Tyndall was Assistant Secretary in the Department of Development and Planning, and then from 1962 to 1964 in the Department of Commerce and Industry, before being Principal Assistant Secretary in the Department between 1964 and 1966 .

In 1966, Tyndall moved as secretary to the Bank of Guyana , the country's central bank, and from there in 1968 was seconded to the Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Secretariat as chief economist .

Tyndall became after the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973 and the ensuing establishment of the Caribbean Community in 1973, the first Deputy Secretary General of this organization.

Acting Secretary General of CARICOM and Minister of Agriculture

After the previous Secretary General, Alister McIntyre, joined the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 1977, Tyndall took over the post of Secretary General on a provisional basis in August 1977 and held this position until August 1978. It was not until November 1978 that Kurleigh King became the new Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, as Tyndall was unable to take over this office due to an agreement between the organization because Georgetown (Guyana) was the seat of the organization.

On October 6, 1980, Tyndall was appointed Minister of Agriculture in his cabinet by Prime Minister Ptolemy Reid , but had no mandate in the National Assembly and was therefore a so-called Non-Elected Minister . He held the post of Minister of Agriculture until August 6, 1985.

1991 Tyndall chairman of the commission of public enterprises ( Public Utilities Commission ) of Guyana and created on their behalf in 2001 a report on the telecommunications Guyana ( Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT & T) ).

Tyndall has been married to Belle Patricia Tyndall since August 2, 1958, who held a professorship at George Washington University until her retirement . From this marriage a son and a daughter were born.

For his many years of service, he was awarded the Golden Arrow of Achievement and the Cacique's Crown of Honor .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guyana Parliament History 2009, p. 79, homepage of the Parliament of Guyana
  2. ↑ Report of the PUC (PDF; 5.3 MB)
  3. ^ Paul Cook: Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation, and Development , 2004, p. 431 u. a., ISBN 1-84376-4-822
  4. ^ Peter Knobel, Phone Home. Interesting developments in a developer's background (May 4, 2006)
personal data
SURNAME Tyndall, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tyndall, Joseph A .; Tyndall, Joseph Adolphus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guyanese politician (CARICOM)
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Guyana