page_title: David A. Granger
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: David A. Granger / Career / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Português: Na 48ª Cúpula dos Chefes de Estado do Mercosul e Estados Associados, a presidenta Dilma Rousseff recebe o presidente da Guiana David Granger.
context_page_description: David Arthur Granger is a Guyanese politician and retired military officer who served as the 9th President of Guyana from May 2015 to August 2020. He served for a time as Commander of the Guyana Defence Force and subsequently as National Security Adviser from 1990 to 1992. He was Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Guyana from 2012 to 2015.
  Granger stood as the opposition coalition's presidential candidate in the November 2011 general election, but was defeated. He was elected as President in the May 2015 general election. He lost a vote of confidence on 21 December 2018.
context_section_description: Granger has received various academic awards, including the President’s Medal for the best graduating student; Dennis Irvine Prize for the student who has made the greatest contribution to all cultural life of the University; Council of the University Prize; Elsa Goveia Medal of Excellence; Guy de Weever History Prize; Earl Attlee History Prize; Mary Noel Menezes Award for History; Department of History Prize and others, from the University of Guyana.
  He also holds three national awards: the Military Efficiency Medal (1976), the Military Service Medal (1981), and the Military Service Star (1985) for distinguished military service.
caption: David Granger with President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff in 2015.