Background
JOSEPH, Cedric was born on May 14, 1933 in Georgetown. Son of Frederick McConnell Joseph (deceased) and Cassie Edith Joseph, née Austin.
JOSEPH, Cedric was born on May 14, 1933 in Georgetown. Son of Frederick McConnell Joseph (deceased) and Cassie Edith Joseph, née Austin.
London School of Economics, University College, of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Lecturer in History, University of the West. Indies, Kingston, Jamaica 1966-1971. Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guyana 1971-1974. Deputy High Commissioner for Guyana in Jamaica 1974-1976, Counsellor, Embassy of Guyana, Washington, District of Columbia 1976, Deputy Permanent
Representative, Permanent
Mission of Guyana to the United Nations 1976-1977. High Commissioner for Guyana in Zambia (also accredited to Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) 1977-1982, in the United Kingdom (also accredited as Ambassador to France, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 1982-1986.
Chairman Commonwealth Committee on Southern Africa 1983-1986, Head of the Presidential Secretariat since 1986, Secretary to the Cabinet since 1987. Cacique’s Crown of Honour 1983.
Married Dona Avril Barrett in 1973.