Sase Narain | |
Birth Date: | 1925 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Pouderoyen, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana |
Death Place: | Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana |
Office: | Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana |
Term Start: | 4 January 1971 |
Term End: | 10 June 1992 |
Predecessor: | Rahman Baccus Gajraj |
Successor: | Derek Chunilall Jagan |
Party: | People's National Congress |
Spouse: | Shamshun (m. 1952) |
Children: | 5 |
Occupation: | lawyer, politician |
Sase Narain (27 January 1925 – 25 August 2020)[1] was a Guyanese politician and lawyer. He served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana from 1971 to 1992,[2] [3] becoming the longest serving Speaker in Guyana.
Sase Narain was born in Pouderoyen, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, British Guiana, and attended the Modern Educational Institute in Georgetown. After finishing high school, he went to the United Kingdom to study law. In 1957, he graduated from the City Law School in London.[4]
When he returned to Guyana, Narain became the President of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha.[5]
In 1991, Narain became the first Speaker of Guyana’s National Assembly to expel a Member of Parliament after Minister of Agriculture Isahak Basir threw a drinking glass at Narain.[6] [7]
After leaving the National Assembly, Narain resumed his law practice. He retired in 2012.[2]
Narain died on 25 August 2020 in Queenstown, Georgetown at the age of 95.[4] Former Prime Minister Hamilton Green praised him for "his candor and his wisdom".[1]