# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/forbes-burnham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:50:47.801Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/forbes-burnham"
name: "Forbes Burnham"
slug: "forbes-burnham"
description: "Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985. He served as Premier of British Guiana from 1964 to 1966, Prime Minister of Guyana from 1964 to 1980 and then as the first executive president of Guyana from 1980 to 1985. He is often regarded as a strongman who embraced his own version of socialism."
tagline: "Guyanese politician (1923-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Forbes_Burnham_(1966).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-02-20"
deathDate: "1985-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump