{"id":3420,"date":"2009-11-13T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T18:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afcguyana.com\/afcnew\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2014-10-08T12:35:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:35:55","slug":"mr-moses-verasammy-nagamootoo-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afcguyana.com\/afcnew\/?p=3420","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Moses Verasammy Nagamootoo, MP,  Attorney at Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FAMILY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born: November 30, 1947 &#8211; Whim Village, Corentyne, Berbice, British Guiana (Guyana).<\/p>\n<p>Parents: Gangama (Chunoo) and Nagamootoo Ramaswamy, (Mootoo), both deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Spouse: Sita (Educationist) with 4 Children (Angela, Maria, Adela &amp;; Moses Ernesto);<\/p>\n<p>5 Grandchildren.<\/p>\n<h2>EDUCATION<\/h2>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Auchlyne Scots School, Corentyne, Berbice<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rose Hall &amp; Comprehensive High Schools<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Accabre College of Social Sciences<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Venezuelan Spanish Language Institute<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Allen White School of Journalism, University of Kansas (Visiting Journalist)<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Guyana<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of the West Indies (Hugh Wooding Law School)<\/p>\n<h5>POLITICS<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Entered politics at age 14. Since 1961, joined PPP-led anti-colonialist struggle for Guyana\u2019s independence.<\/li>\n<li>1964 -1976: member Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO)<\/li>\n<li>1964-2011: member People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP)<\/li>\n<li>1966: A founder of National Union of Students, and first Organising Secretary.<\/li>\n<li>1964-1992: Activist for restoration of democracy, press freedom and human rights<\/li>\n<li>1992\/2 &amp; 1995-2000: Senior Government Minister<\/li>\n<li>1992-2001 &amp; 2006-2011: Member of Parliament \u2013PPP<\/li>\n<li>2011-2012 \u2013 AFC Vice-Presidential Candidate &amp; Member of Parliament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TEACHING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1964-71): <\/strong>Corentyne Comprehensive High &amp; Founder of Rosignol\/Zeezight Secondary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CABINET\/PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1992\/2001; 2006 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>1992 \u20132001(broken)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of Cabinet under and Chief Speech Writer for four Presidents (Cheddi Jagan, Janet Jagan, Samuel Hinds and Bharrat Jagdeo)<\/p>\n<p>Senior Minister of Information; Senior Minister of Local Government &amp; Regional Development with responsibility for Information &amp; Amerindian Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong> PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1996-2001: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Member of Select Committee on Constitutional Reform<\/p>\n<p>1999\/2001: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chairman of Oversight Committee of the Select Committee on Constitutional Reform<\/p>\n<p>2006- 2009\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Member, Foreign Relations, Standing Orders &amp; Constitutional Reform Committees and Committees on Anti-Money Laundering and Finance of Terrorism Bill &amp; Legal Practitioners Bill<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOURNALIST ORGANISATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General Secretary of Union of Guyanese Journalists &#8211; UGJ (1970-1992);<\/li>\n<li>Founder\/Executive member of Caribbean Association of Media Workers- (1986-1992);<\/li>\n<li>Executive Member of Federation of Latin American Journalists \u2013 FELAP;<\/li>\n<li>Vice-President of International Organisation of Journalists &#8211; IOJ (1990-1996).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOVEL\/POETRY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hendree\u2019s Cure<\/em><\/strong><em>, <\/em>Peepal Tree Press, UK<em> (Nominee Guyana Literature Prize for First Novel)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For the Fighting Front<\/em><\/strong><em>&#8211; <\/em>Anthology of Revolutionary Poems (Editor)<\/p>\n<h6>PUBLICATIONS (Booklets)<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Three Trials of Arnold Rampersaud<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Towards a Peaceful Solution: a Commentary on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Issue<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fraud: a Synopsis of Guyana\u2019s Rigged 1980 Elections<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The State of the Free Press in Guyana (with Cheddi Jagan)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Race, Class and Nationhood (with Cheddi Jagan)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Party Paramountcy over the Guyana Media<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Portrait of a People\u2019s President: Dr. Cheddi Jagan (1918-1997)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Political Situation and the Way Forward in Guyana: A Discourse on the Implications of the 1997 Elections<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>RECENT &amp; CURRENT DESIGNATION<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of Parliament<\/li>\n<li>Attorney-at-Law<\/li>\n<li>Justice of the Peace &amp; Commissioner of Oaths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AWARDS\/RECOGNITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IOJ Scroll of Honour for Journalism (Vietnam); PAJ Press Week (Jamaica), Harvard University Guest author &amp; Allen White University fellow (USA), GOPIO Community Service Award (India); PPP Meritorious Member Award (Guyana); Distinguished Service Plaque (PPP\/NY Support Group).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> CONTACT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nagamootoo\u2019s Law Office<\/em><\/p>\n<p>35 North Road &amp; King Street,<\/p>\n<p>Lacytown, Georgetown, Guyana.<\/p>\n<p>Tel: (592) 223-6313 \/ 612-1087<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mnagamootoo@yahoo.com\">mnagamootoo@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAMILY Born: November 30, 1947 &#8211; 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 &amp;; Moses Ernesto); 5 Grandchildren. 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