Moses Nagamootoo

Moses Nagamootoo (1946-1947)? is a writer and politician from Guyana. He was born in the village of Whim. He has served in the Parliament of Guyana, and was Minister of Information.

He is the author of the novel Hendree's Cure (2001), which describes a world of Madrassi fishermen who inhabited the Corentyne village of Whim in the 1950s and 1960s.

Nagamootoo is a member of the People's Progressive Party (PPP). At its 29th Congress on August 2, 2008, he received the fifth-highest number of votes (595) in the election to the PPP Central Committee.^[1]

Nagamootoo was rumoured to be a potential PPP candidate for president in 2011; however, he resigned from the party on October 24, 2011, due to his feeling of "more ideas and a new conversation about Guyana's economic and foreign policy future".

References

1. ^ Press release on Central Committee election, August 3, 2008.

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