Carl Barrington Greenidge

Greenidge was born in New Amsterdam.^[2] He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Exeter, an MA and an MPhil in Economics from the University of London. Greenridge served as Minister of Finance from 1983 to 1992 in the cabinet of Forbes Burnham.^[5]

In May 2015, Greenidge was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and one of the vice presidents in the cabinet of David A. Granger^[4] During his tenure, he was involved with the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute at the International Court of Justice.^[6] In 2019, Greenidge was forced to resign when the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that people with dual citizenship were not eligible to be members of the National Assembly.^[7] Greenidge, who also held British citizenship at time, was replaced as minister by Karen Cummings^[8] and appointed to the newly created position of Foreign Secretary.^[9] Hugh Todd, the Minister of Foreign Affairs as of 2020, appointed Robert Persaud to the position of Foreign Secretary but retained Greenidge on the ministry's team regarding the Guyana-Venezuela border case.^[10][6]