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{{short description|President of Guyana since 2020
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mohamed Irfaan Ali▼
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]]
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| office = 10th [[President of Guyana]]
| vicepresident = [[Bharrat Jagdeo]]
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| predecessor1 = Harrinarine Nawbatt
| successor1 = Ronald Bulkaan{{efn|as Minister of Communities<ref>{{cite news |title=PM, several Cabinet members sworn in |url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2015/05/21/new-cabinet-members-sworn-in/ |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=Guyana Chronicle |date=21 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510114230/http://guyanachronicle.com/2015/05/21/new-cabinet-members-sworn-in |archive-date=10 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| office2 = Chairman of the [[Caribbean Community]]
| successor2 = [[Dickon Mitchell]]
| predecessor2 = [[Roosevelt Skerrit]]
| term_start2 = 1 January 2024
| term_end2 = 30 June 2024<ref name="caricom.org">{{Cite web |title=ROTATION SCHEDULE FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE CONFERENCE 1 JANUARY 2018 TO 30 JUNE 2025 |url=https://caricom.org/wp-content/uploads/ROTATION-SCHEDULE-HGC.pdf |access-date=2023-01-08}}</ref>
| nationality = Guyanese
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|
*[[University of Sunderland]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
*[[Anglia Ruskin University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
*National Institute of Labour Economics, [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
*[[University of
*[[University of the West Indies]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}<ref>https://op.gov.gy/index.php/presidents-biography/</ref>
| education = [[St. Stanislaus College (Guyana)|St. Stanislaus College]]
| party = [[People's Progressive Party (Guyana)|People's Progressive Party/Civic]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Leonora, Guyana|Leonora]], [[Essequibo Islands-West Demerara]], [[Guyana]]
| height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Arya Ali|2017}}
| children =
| awards = [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] (2023)
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'''Mohamed Irfaan Ali''' (born 25 April 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://op.gov.gy/index.php/presidents-biography/ |title=President's Biography |website=Office of the President of Guyana|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> is a [[Guyanese people|Guyanese]] politician serving as the tenth and current [[president of Guyana]] since 2020. A member of the [[People's
Ali was a [[member of parliament]] (MP)<ref>[http://parliament.gov.gy/about-parliament/parliamentarian/mohamed-irfaan-ali/ Hon. Mohamed I. Alli, MP] Parliament of Guyana</ref> and served as a cabinet minister under [[Donald Ramotar]] until 2015. In 2020, he became the presidential candidate for the [[People's Progressive Party (Guyana)|People's Progressive Party/Civic]] (PPP/C). He won the [[2020 Guyanese general election|March 2020 general election]]. He was sworn in as [[Guyana]]'s tenth president on 2 August 2020, months after his win, due to extensive legal challenges regarding the integrity of the election and a recount of all electoral ballots.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 August 2020|title=Irfaan Ali sworn in as President|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/08/02/news/guyana/lowenfield-submits-report-with-recount-result/|access-date=4 August 2020|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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== Early life and education ==
Ali was born to an [[Indo-Guyanese]] [[Muslim]] family in [[Leonora, Guyana|Leonora]], a village in the [[Essequibo Islands-West Demerara|West Coast
== Professional career ==
Ali served as project manager of the [[Caribbean Development Bank]]'s Project Implementation Unit in the Ministry of Finance, and as a senior planner in the State Planning Secretariat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Business Forum LATAM {{!}} H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali |url=https://staging.globalbusinessforum.com/latam |access-date=
== Early political career ==
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Ali became a member of the [[National Assembly (Guyana)|National Assembly]] of Guyana in 2006. He was appointed to the portfolios of minister of housing and water<ref>[http://guyanachronicle.com/2009/01/08/irfaan-ali-sworn-in-as-new-minister-of-housing-and-water "Irfaan Ali sworn in as new Minister of Housing and Water"], ''Guyana Chronicle'', 8 January 2009.</ref> and minister of tourism industry and commerce.<ref>[https://www.inewsguyana.com/minister-ali-markets-guyanas-tourism-in-spain/ "Minister Ali markets Guyana's tourism in Spain"], ''iNews Guyana'', 9 June 2014.</ref>
During his tenure as minister, Ali performed the functions of [[President of Guyana|president]] and [[List of prime ministers of Guyana|prime minister]] on separate occasions. In 2015, the [[People's Progressive Party (Guyana)|People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)]] went into opposition during which time he served as chair of the [[Public Accounts Committee]] and co-chair of the Economic Services Committee of the [[National Assembly (Guyana)|parliament of Guyana]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali – President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces – Office of the President |url=https://op.gov.gy/index.php/presidents-biography/ |access-date=
== Presidency==
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===Candidacy ===
Irfaan Ali was the presidential candidate of the [[People's Progressive Party
Immediately following his selection, Ali was accused of academic fraud, with opponents claiming that when Ali was in his early 20s, he had misrepresented one of his qualifications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/01/13/documents-indicate-irfaan-ali-obtained-masters-three-years-before-his-first-degree-watchers-accuse-him-of-academic-fraud/|title=Irfaan Ali accused of academic fraud|date=13 January 2019|website=Kaieteur News|language=en-US|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> Ali was also indicted on 19 charges of other fraud for allegedly defrauding the state of over $174M between 2011 and 2015, allegedly conspiring with persons unknown to "greatly undersell" 19 plots of state lands at Plantation Sparendaam and Goedverwagting in [[Demerara-Mahaica]] to current or former government officials.<ref name="kaieteurnewsonline.com">{{Cite web|date=26 October 2019
The trial on the matters was postponed several times. He was granted self bail on the charges. The lands, which were sold for $39.8M, are valued at $212.4M, according to the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).<ref
=== Campaign ===
In his 2020 campaign for the presidency, Ali ran on a mainly economic platform, citing declining growth and increased joblessness under the Granger administration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PPPC Manifesto 2020 elections|url=https://newsroom.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/pdfresizer.com-pdf-resize.pdf}}</ref> Ali committed to creating 50,000 new jobs over five years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PPPC Manifesto Elections 2020|url=https://newsroom.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/pdfresizer.com-pdf-resize.pdf}}</ref> He has emphasized the need for transparency and adherence to globally-recognised standards for Guyana's [[Petroleum exploration in Guyana|nascent oil sector]], which is expected to transform Guyana's development. Ali is committed to establishing a [[sovereign wealth fund]]
===Foreign policy===
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[[File:Secretary Pompeo Has Dinner with Guyanese President Ali (50368582861).jpg|thumb|Ali with U.S. secretary of state [[Mike Pompeo]], September 2020]]
In September 2020, in a joint statement with the [[United States]] [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]] [[Mike Pompeo]], Ali said the two countries would begin joint maritime patrols aimed at drug interdiction near Guyana's [[
== Honours and awards ==
Ali is a recipient of the following honours:
* In 2023, the [[Government of India]] conferred the [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] (Overseas Indian Award) to Ali in recognition of his contribution in "Politics/Community Welfare" and for "outstanding achievements both in India and abroad".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chabrol |first1=Denis |date=2 January 2023 |title=India awards Guyana's President highest award to person of Indian origin |url=https://www.demerarawaves.com/2023/01/02/india-awards-guyanas-president-highest-award-to-person-of-indian-origin/ |url-status= |publisher=Demerara Waves Media Inc. |publication-date= |agency= |no-pp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=30 January 2023 |url-access= |quote= }}</ref>
* In 2023, the [[Government of Barbados]] conferred the [[Order of Freedom of Barbados]] to Ali "in recognition of his strong commitment to enhance cooperation to achieve regional cooperation and collaboration to achieve regional integration and foster deeper social and economic partnerships particularly in relation to Food and Nutrition Security and for the upliftment of the people of Barbados and the region."<ref>{{cite news |last1=De Shong |first1=Dillon |title=Guyanese President to receive national award from Barbados |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/guyanese-president-receive-national-award-barbados |access-date=12 December 2023 |agency=Loop Caribbean News |date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
== Notes ==
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* [https://op.gov.gy/ Office of the President of Guyana]
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