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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 Progressive Party/Civic]] (PPP/C), he previously served as the minister of Housing and Water from 2009 to 2015. He is the first [[Muslims|Muslim]] to hold office, and is the
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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