Gail Teixeira

Teixeira attended the University of Toronto where she studied History and International Relations, receiving her Bachelor Degree in 1974. She later attended York University and obtained a Master of Arts in Political Science.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

Teixeira started her political career as the People's Progressive Party Secretary in 1976. During that period she was the Women's Progressive Organization's personal secretary to President Cheddi Jagan. Between 1977 and 1992, she was a member of the National Assembly. After a long tenure as MP, she was appointed senior minister of health for the Guyanese government. Teixeira subsequently served as the Guyana minister of culture, youth and sports. On August 5, 2020 she was appointed minister of parliamentary affairs and governance by President Irfaan Ali.

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{{Cite web| title=Ali sworn in as President of Guyana| url=http://www.looptt.com/content/ali-sworn-president-guyana-5| access-date=2020-11-29| website=www.looptt.com| language=en| archive-date=2020-11-19| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119001137/http://www.looptt.com/content/ali-sworn-president-guyana-5| url-status=dead}}

{{Cite web | date=2020-11-20| title=Teixeira says removal of permanent secretary constitutional, done on instruction of President| url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/11/20/news/guyana/teixeira-says-removal-of-permanent-secretary-constitutional-done-on-instruction-of-president/| access-date=2020-11-29| website=Stabroek News| language=en-US}}

{{Cite web | date=2020-08-05|title=Nineteen new ministers appointed, Vickram Bharrat named Minister of Natural Resources| url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/08/05/news/guyana/nineteen-new-ministers-appointed-vickram-bharrat-named-minister-of-natural-resources/| access-date=2020-11-29| website=Stabroek News| language=en-US}}

{{Cite book | last=Cambridge| first=Vibert C.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gRARCgAAQBAJ&q=Gail+Teixeira&pg=PT265| title=Musical Life in Guyana: History and Politics of Controlling Creativity| date=2015-05-21|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-62674-644-2|language=en}}

{{Cite book | last=Secretariat| first=Commonwealth| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_7kSP6mH7QC&q=Gail+Teixeira&pg=PA59| title=Women in Politics: Voices from the Commonwealth| date=1999| publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat| isbn=978-0-85092-569-2| language=en}}

{{Cite book | last=Organization| first=World Intellectual Property| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv2hDwAAQBAJ&q=Gail+Teixeira&pg=PA314| title=Intellectual Property Needs and Expectations of Traditional Knowledge Holders: WIPO Report on Fact-finding Missions on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge (1998-1999).| date=2001| publisher=WIPO| isbn=978-92-805-0968-7| language=en}}

{{Cite book | last=Turner| first=B.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TMUDgAAQBAJ&q=Gail+Teixeira&pg=PA779| title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2005: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World| date=2017-02-07| publisher=Springer| isbn=978-0-230-27133-3| location=| pages=| language=en}}

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