Arthur Chung - wikipedia Arthur Chung This is a Chinese name ; the family name is Chung. Arthur Raymond Chung OE 1st President of Guyana In office 17 March 1970 -- 6 October 1980 Prime Minister Forbes Burnham Preceded by Edward Luckhoo ( Acting ) Succeeded by Forbes Burnham Personal details ( 1918 - 01 - 10 ) 10 January 1918 Windsor Forest, West Demerara, British Guiana 23 June 2008 ( 2008 - 06 - 23 ) ( aged 90 ) Bel Air Gardens, Guyana Political party Independent Spouse ( s ) Doreen Chung ( 1954 -- 2008 ; his death ) Alma mater Middle Temple Arthur Chung ( January 10, 1918 -- June 23, 2008 ) was the first President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. During his time as President of Guyana, the office was that of a ceremonial head of state, with real power in the hands of Prime Minister Forbes Burnham. He was honoured with Guyana 's highest national honour, the Order of Excellence ( O.E. ). Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Presidency 3 Later years 4 References 5 External links Early life and career Chung was born at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara in Guyana ; he was the youngest of Joseph and Lucy Chung 's eight children. He was educated at Windsor Forest, Blankenburg and Modern High School. In 1954, Chung married another native of Windsor Forest, Doreen Pamela Ng - See - Quan, with whom he had one daughter and one son. Before civic service, Chung was an apprentice surveyor and sworn land surveyor. In the early 1940s, Chung entered the Middle Temple of London, England and qualified as a barrister in 1947. He returned to Guyana and was later appointed an acting magistrate. He became a magistrate in 1954 and a senior magistrate in 1960. Chung also served as Registrar of Deeds and of the Supreme Court. He then became a puisne judge and finally an Appeal Court Judge in 1963. Presidency When Guyana became a republic under the leadership of Forbes Burnham in 1970, the National Assembly elected Chung as the country 's first President ; he took office on March 17, 1970. Ten years later, a constitutional revision transformed the presidency into an executive position, and Burnham succeeded Chung as President on October 6, 1980. Presidential Standard under Arthur Chung Later years Chung died on June 23, 2008 at his home. In the two months prior to his death he had been hospitalized a number of times, and he was last released from the hospital on June 20. References ^ Jump up to : `` Guyana 's first President dies '' Archived February 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine., GINA, June 23, 2008. Jump up ^ Obituary -- Arthur Chung ^ Jump up to : `` Guyana 's first president Arthur Chung dies '', Starbroek News, June 24, 2008. External links Article on Arthur Chung in Kaieteur News Heads of State of Guyana Queen ( 1966 -- 1970 ) Elizabeth II President ( from 1970 ) Luckhoo * Chung Burnham Hoyte C. Jagan Hinds J. Jagan Jagdeo Ramotar Granger * Acting President Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Chung&oldid=831102293 '' Categories : 1918 births Guyanese people of Chinese descent 2008 deaths Presidents of Guyana Guyanese politicians of Chinese descent Guyanese judges Guyanese people of Hakka descent Recipients of the Order of Excellence of Guyana People from Essequibo Islands - West Demerara Guyanese politicians of Hakka descent Members of the Middle Temple Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Català Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français 한국어 Ido Bahasa Indonesia Italiano मराठी Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Runa Simi Русский Suomi Svenska Українська Yorùbá 中文 16 more Edit links This page was last edited on 18 March 2018, at 19 : 28. About Wikipedia

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