Hinds, Samuel Archibald Anthony (1943- )

Guyanese engineer and politician, president March-December 1997 and prime minister 1992- . An engineer by profession, Hinds worked in the bauxite industry for 25 years before being named prime minister in October 1992 when former President Cheddi Jagan, led the People's progressive Party (PPP) to electoral victory. Hinds also headed the ministry of public works, communications and regional development since 1992.

Hinds did not enter political life until 1990, when he joined the Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD). He was soon elected to its chair and accepted an invitation to work with Cheddi Jagan and the PPP. He became interim president on the death of President Jagan in March 1997, a post he held until December, when Jagan's wife, Janet Jagan was elected president of Guyana.

Hinds studied engineering at Queen's College, Georgetown and University of New Brunswick, Canada. He then returned to Guyana and, from 1967, held various positions in the aluminium and bauxite industries until October 1992. He was active in the Guyana association of professional engineers and the national science research councils of Guyana.