Joey Jagan

Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr. is a dentist and a politician in Guyana.^[1]

Joey Jagan
Personal details
Born	Cheddi Jagan Jr.
Political party	People's National Congress Party/Granger Fraction
Other political affiliations	Unity Party of Guyana Guyana Third Force
Children	1
Parents	Cheddi Jagan Janet Jagan
Relatives	Suzanne Wasserman (cousin)
Occupation	Dentist, politician
Nickname(s)	Joey Jagan Cheddi Jagan II

Early life and family

Jagan is the son of two past Guyanese Presidents, Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan. His father was a Hindu Indo-Guyanese whose parents came from India to work on the plantations of Guyana.^[2] His mother was an American Ashkenazi Jew from Chicago who was of Hungarian and Romanian Jewish descent and a supporter of Palestine.^[3] He has a sister, Nadira Jagan-Brancier.^[3]

Political activity

In politics, he is the co-founder of the Unity Party of Guyana, a pro-capitalist party seeking to bring more foreign investment to Guyana (which made him an opposite to his parents, who were socialists).^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Jagan, joined with Peter Ramsaroop, Paul Hardy and Rupert Roopnarine to form the Guyana Third Force. In 2011, Jagan returned to the party of his father, the People's Progressive Party (PPP), having previously been a leading critic of it,^[1] along with Ramsaroop, the leader of Vision Guyana. Joey Jagan subsequently joined with People's National Congress and campaigned vigorously for their eventual victory in the Presidential election (a political/social organization in Guyana).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Jagan's son is Cheddi B. Jagan II, is a supporter of the People's National Congress Party APNU.^[1]