Sam Hinds

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Guyana (1992–1997, 1997–1999, 1999–2015)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sam Hinds

| honorific-suffix = OE

| image = Sam_Hinds_2006.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption = Official portrait, 2006

| office = Ambassador of Guyana to the United States

| term_start = 7 July 2021

| term_end =

| office1 = Prime Minister and Vice President of Guyana

| president1 = Bharrat Jagdeo
Donald Ramotar

| term_start1 = 11 August 1999

| term_end1 = 20 May 2015

| predecessor1 = Bharrat Jagdeo

| successor1 = Moses Nagamootoo

| president2 = Janet Jagan

| term_start2 = 19 December 1997

| term_end2 = 9 August 1999

| predecessor2 = Janet Jagan

| successor2 = Bharrat Jagdeo

| president3 = Cheddi Jagan

| term_start3 = 9 October 1992

| term_end3 = 6 March 1997

| predecessor3 = Hamilton Green

| successor3 = Janet Jagan

| office4 = 5th President of Guyana

| primeminister4 = Janet Jagan

| vicepresident4 = Reepu Daman Persaud

| term_start4 = 6 March 1997

| term_end4 = 19 December 1997

| predecessor4 = Cheddi Jagan

| successor4 = Janet Jagan

| birth_name = {{nobr|Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|12|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = {{nobr|Alexander Village, British Guiana}}
{{resize|(now Guyana)}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = People's Progressive Party/Civic

| spouse = Yvonne Hinds

| alma_mater = University of New Brunswick

}}

Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds (born 27 December 1943)[http://www.nndb.com/people/840/000162354/ "Sam Hinds", NNDB.] is a Guyanese politician who was Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously from 1992 to 2015. He also briefly served as President of Guyana in 1997. He was awarded Guyana's highest national award, the Order of Excellence (O.E.) in 2011.

He first became prime minister under Cheddi Jagan in 1992, following the October 1992 election, which was won by the People's Progressive Party (PPP) welcoming Hinds and others (Civics) to work with them. When Jagan died in March 1997, Hinds became President himself, and appointed Jagan's widow Janet as prime minister. For the December 1997 general elections, the PPP/C nominated Hinds as candidate for prime minister while Janet Jagan was the candidate for the presidency. Following the election, Janet Jagan was elected president and re-appointed Hinds as prime minister.

Prior to this, Hinds worked for the Alcan founded bauxite operation which was nationalized in 1971 rising to Vice President for Product Quality and Research and Development. By education, Hinds is a licensed and qualified chemical engineer, having graduated from the University of New Brunswick.{{Cite web|date=2011-12-06|title=Who's who in the new Cabinet|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/12/06/news/guyana/who’s-who-in-the-new-cabinet/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}

In August 1999, President Janet Jagan decided to resign, and temporarily replaced Hinds with Bharrat Jagdeo; Jagdeo thus became president upon her resignation, and he reappointed Hinds as prime minister. After the re-election of the government in the 28 August 2006 election, Hinds was sworn in as prime minister again in early September.

File:US Navy 101026-N-1531D-021 The Prime Minister of Guyana Samuel Hinds sits in the captain's chair in the bridge aboard the multi-purpose amphibious.jpg, 2010]]

He was re-nominated as the 2011 prime ministerial candidate for the PPP in October 2011, although there were suggestions that he might step aside.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} After PPP/C candidate Donald Ramotar was elected president, Hinds was sworn in as prime minister again on 5 December 2011.[http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/news/stories/12/05/bishop-edghill-to-be-minister-in-ministry-of-finance/ "Few new faces in Ramotar Cabinet"], Stabroek News, 5 December 2011.

Following the opposition's victory in the May 2015 general election, Hinds was succeeded as prime minister by Moses Nagamootoo on 20 May 2015.[http://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/news/stories/05/21/335413/ "Nagamootoo vows to bring about constitutional change"], Stabroek News, 21 May 2015.

Sam Hinds is honored in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Kaieteurosaurus hindsi.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Hinds, p. 124).

Hinds has served as the Guyanese Ambassador to the United States since July 2021.{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Tangerine |date=2021-07-07 |title=Guyana's ambassador to the US, Samuel A. A. Hinds takes up office – Caribbean Life |url=https://www.caribbeanlife.com/samuel-a-a-hinds-takes-up-office-as-guyanas-ambassador-to-the-us/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=www.caribbeanlife.com |language=en-US}} He presented his credentials on 7 July 2021.{{Cite web |last=McAnulty |first=Samantha |title=Diplomatic Corps Order of Precedence and Dates of Presentation of Credentials |url=https://www.state.gov/diplomatic-corps-order-of-precedence-and-dates-of-presentation-of-credentials/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804034159/https://www.state.gov/diplomatic-corps-order-of-precedence-and-dates-of-presentation-of-credentials/ |archive-date=2021-08-04 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}