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Hoyte, (Hugh) Desmond (1929– )| Guyanese politician and president 1985–92. He held a number of ministerial posts before becoming prime minister under Forbes Burnham. On Burnham's death in 1985 he succeeded him as president. |
| He was born in Georgetown and studied at London University and the Middle Temple, taught in a boys' school in Grenada 1955–57 and then practised as a lawyer in Guyana. He joined the socialist People's National Congress (PNC) and in 1968, two years after Guyana achieved full independence, was elected to the National Assembly. |
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