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See also:	Other events of 2020 Timeline of Guyana history

Events in the year2020 inGuyana.

• President:David Granger (until 2 August),Irfaan Ali (starting 2 August)
• Prime Minister:Moses Nagamootoo (until 2 August),Mark Phillips (starting 2 August)

• 11 March – The first case ofCOVID-19 in the country is reported: a 52-year-old woman suffering from underlying health conditions, including diabetes and hypertension. The woman died at the Georgetown Public Hospital, making her the firstCOVID-19 death in the country as well.^[1]
• 18 March – All schools in the country were closed.^[2]
• 19 March – TheGuyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) closed Guyanese airspace to all international arrivals.^[3]
• 2 August –Irfaan Ali succeedsDavid Granger as the 10th President of Guyana.^[4]
• 12 September –Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute:Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Affairs, expresses confidence that theInternational Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in Guyana's favor in the border dispute with Venezuela.^[5]

• 7 April –John Percy Leon Lewis, 77, military officer; COVID-19^[6]
• 25 August –Sase Narain, politician, formerSpeaker of the National Assembly (b. 1925).^[7]

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