Valerie Hart | |
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President of the Essequibo Free State | |
In office 28 December 1963 – 4 February 1969 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Valerie Paul Hart March 13, 1933 Georgetown, British Guiana |
Died | February 26, 2021 Vero Beach, Florida, U.S. | (aged 87)
Political party | Guyana's Amerindian Party (1967–1969) |
Spouse | Harry Jim Hart |
Occupation | Politician |
Valerie Aurelia Hart (March 13, 1933 – February 26, 2021) was a Guyanese indigenous political leader from the Wapishana ethnic group and a member of Guyana's Amerindian Party, opposed to the Forbes Burnham government; she ran for the 1968 general elections, although she was not elected. She was exiled after participating in the Rupununi uprising.[1][2][non-primary source needed]