FAMILY

Born: November 30, 1947 – Whim Village, Corentyne, Berbice, British Guiana (Guyana).

Parents: Gangama (Chunoo) and Nagamootoo Ramaswamy, (Mootoo), both deceased.

Spouse: Sita (Educationist) with 4 Children (Angela, Maria, Adela &; Moses Ernesto);

5 Grandchildren.

EDUCATION

*        Auchlyne Scots School, Corentyne, Berbice

*        Rose Hall & Comprehensive High Schools

*        Accabre College of Social Sciences

*        Venezuelan Spanish Language Institute

*        Allen White School of Journalism, University of Kansas (Visiting Journalist)

*        University of Guyana

*        University of the West Indies (Hugh Wooding Law School)

POLITICS
  • Entered politics at age 14. Since 1961, joined PPP-led anti-colonialist struggle for Guyana’s independence.
  • 1964 -1976: member Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO)
  • 1964-2011: member People’s Progressive Party (PPP)
  • 1966: A founder of National Union of Students, and first Organising Secretary.
  • 1964-1992: Activist for restoration of democracy, press freedom and human rights
  • 1992/2 & 1995-2000: Senior Government Minister
  • 1992-2001 & 2006-2011: Member of Parliament –PPP
  • 2011-2012 – AFC Vice-Presidential Candidate & Member of Parliament

TEACHING

(1964-71): Corentyne Comprehensive High & Founder of Rosignol/Zeezight Secondary

 

CABINET/PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO

1992/2001; 2006 –       Member of Parliament.

1992 –2001(broken)    Member of Cabinet under and Chief Speech Writer for four Presidents (Cheddi Jagan, Janet Jagan, Samuel Hinds and Bharrat Jagdeo)

Senior Minister of Information; Senior Minister of Local Government & Regional Development with responsibility for Information & Amerindian Affairs.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

1996-2001:      Member of Select Committee on Constitutional Reform

1999/2001:      Chairman of Oversight Committee of the Select Committee on Constitutional Reform

2006- 2009    Member, Foreign Relations, Standing Orders & Constitutional Reform Committees and Committees on Anti-Money Laundering and Finance of Terrorism Bill & Legal Practitioners Bill

JOURNALIST ORGANISATIONS

  • General Secretary of Union of Guyanese Journalists – UGJ (1970-1992);
  • Founder/Executive member of Caribbean Association of Media Workers- (1986-1992);
  • Executive Member of Federation of Latin American Journalists – FELAP;
  • Vice-President of International Organisation of Journalists – IOJ (1990-1996).

NOVEL/POETRY

Hendree’s Cure, Peepal Tree Press, UK (Nominee Guyana Literature Prize for First Novel)

For the Fighting FrontAnthology of Revolutionary Poems (Editor)

PUBLICATIONS (Booklets)
  • Three Trials of Arnold Rampersaud
  • Towards a Peaceful Solution: a Commentary on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Issue
  • Fraud: a Synopsis of Guyana’s Rigged 1980 Elections
  • The State of the Free Press in Guyana (with Cheddi Jagan)
  • Race, Class and Nationhood (with Cheddi Jagan)
  • Party Paramountcy over the Guyana Media
  • Portrait of a People’s President: Dr. Cheddi Jagan (1918-1997)
  • The Political Situation and the Way Forward in Guyana: A Discourse on the Implications of the 1997 Elections
RECENT & CURRENT DESIGNATION
  • Member of Parliament
  • Attorney-at-Law
  • Justice of the Peace & Commissioner of Oaths

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

IOJ Scroll of Honour for Journalism (Vietnam); PAJ Press Week (Jamaica), Harvard University Guest author & Allen White University fellow (USA), GOPIO Community Service Award (India); PPP Meritorious Member Award (Guyana); Distinguished Service Plaque (PPP/NY Support Group).

CONTACT

Nagamootoo’s Law Office

35 North Road & King Street,

Lacytown, Georgetown, Guyana.

Tel: (592) 223-6313 / 612-1087

E-mail: mnagamootoo@yahoo.com