<page_title> List of Prime Ministers of Guyana </page_title> <section_title> Chief Minister of British Guiana </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 <col_header> № </col_header> <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> <cell> Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) <col_header> Chief Minister (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Left office </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 30 May 1953 <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> <row_header> Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) </row_header> </cell> </table>
Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was first elected Chief Minister of British Guiana in 1953.