Mark Anthony Phillips | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Hon._Brigadier_(ret%27d)_Mark_Anthony_Phillips,_M.S.S.,_M.P..jpg) Phillips in 2020 | |
| 9th Prime Minister and First Vice President of Guyana | |
| Assumed office 2 August 2020 Serving with Bharrat Jagdeo (as Vice President) | |
| President | Irfaan Ali |
| Preceded by | Moses Nagamootoo |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2020 | |
| Constituency | National Top-Up |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1961 Georgetown, British Guiana (present-day Guyana) |
| Political party | People's Progressive Party/Civic |
| Spouse | Mignon Bowen-Phillips |
| Education | Inter-American Defense College United States Army Command and General Staff College |
| Alma mater | University of Guyana (BSS) Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (MS) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Guyana |
| Branch/service |  Guyana Defence Force |
| Years of service | 1981–2016 |
| Rank | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Guyana_Defence_Force_(GDF)_Brigadier_rank_insignia.svg){kind=icon} Brigadier |
| Commands | Chief of Defence Staff (2013–2016) |
Mark Anthony Phillips (born 5 October 1961[1]) is a Guyanese politician and retired military officer who is the prime minister of Guyana and first vice president under President Irfaan Ali since August 2020. He served as the chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force from 2013 to 2016.[2] He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in September 1981.[2]
Phillips has a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Management from the University of Guyana, and a Masters of Science in Public Sector Management from La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.[2] He also studied at the Inter-American Defense College in Washington D.C., and the United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[2]
- ^ "Politicians need to tackle Guyana's racial divide head-on". 3 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Brigadier Mark Phillips". www.mil.gy:80. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2022.