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Guyana’s president awarded honourary doctorate by Russian university

 
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo was on Saturday awarded an honourary doctorate by the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in Moscow.

Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo. AFP PHOTO

Jagdeo, a former student at the university, was selected for the award by the institution’s academic board last month.

He attended the university 20 years ago.

In receiving the honour, the Guyanese Head of State praised the institution for its multiculturalism.

The conferral ceremony was held at The Kremlin as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the university, which was established by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ government on February 5, 1960.

After obtaining a Master’s in Economics in 1990, Jagdeo returned to his homeland and worked in the Ministry of Finance before rising through the ranks of the government to president in August 1999. (Caribnet)

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