Hamilton Green
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Hamilton Green was the prime minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...

 of Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

 from 6 August 1985 to 9 October 1992, during the racial and oppressive dictatorship of the People's National Congress
People's National Congress
The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana led by Robert Corbin. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...

. Green was removed from office in 1992 when the first free and fair elections were held in Guyana under the direct supervision of President Jimmy Carter.

In March 1993, he sued the People's National Congress
People's National Congress
The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana led by Robert Corbin. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...

 for violation of his constitutional rights by expelling him from the party. Following this he formed his own party, the Forum for Democracy.

Hamilton Green is also the Mayor
Mayor
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 of Georgetown. During his tenure as mayor, Georgetown has degenerated into a lawless, unsanitary city.

In 2003, he was one of the most prominent people to attend the Summit of World Leaders sponsored by Sun Myung Moon
Sun Myung Moon
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He is a member of the presiding council of the Universal Peace Federation
Universal Peace Federation
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