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{{short description|President of Guyana since 2020
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| name = Mohamed Irfaan Ali
| image = Irfaan Ali
| caption = Ali in
| alt =
| office = 10th [[President of Guyana]]
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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)
}}
'''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 ==
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===Candidacy ===
Irfaan Ali was the presidential candidate of the [[People's Progressive Party/Civic|People's Progressive Party]] (PPP/C) for the 2 March [[2020 Guyanese general election|2020 general and regional elections in Guyana]].<ref>[https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/news/guyana/01/19/irfaan-ali-is-ppp-c-presidential-candidate/ "Irfaan Ali is PPP/C presidential candidate"], ''Stabroek News'', 19 January 2019.</ref> He was selected as the [[2019 Guyanese general election|presidential candidate]] for the People's Progressive Party/Civic on 19 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inewsguyana.com/irfaan-ali-proposes-plan-to-improve-guyanese-lives|title=Irfaan Ali proposes plan to improve Guyanese lives {{!}} INews Guyana|date=24 June 2019|work=iNews Guyana|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref> His selection came at a time after Ali had been charged with 19 counts of conspiracy and fraud by Guyana's Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).<ref name="fraud charges">{{Cite web|date=29 November 2018|title=Irfaan Ali on 19 fraud charges over Pradoville Two|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/11/29/news/guyana/irfaan-ali-on-19-fraud-charges-over-pradoville-two/|access-date=15 June 2020|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref> Ali's lawyers questioned the legality of these charges, and claimed that they were political in nature and "trumped up".<ref name="fraud charges" /> At the time when Ali was running for president, the charges had never been brought to a full court hearing.
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|title=Irfaan Ali 19 charges trial further postponed|url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/10/26/irfaan-ali-19-charges-trial-further-postponed/|access-date=7 August 2020|website=Kaieteur News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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 ==
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* [https://op.gov.gy/ Office of the President of Guyana]
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