Shiw Sahai Naraine

Shiw Sahai 'Steve' Naraine (4 March 1924 – 31 July 2013)[2] was a Guyanese engineer and politician from People's National Congress.

Steve Naraine
Vice President of Guyana
In office
October 1980 – October 1983
PresidentForbes Burnham
Personal details
Born
Shiw Sahai Naraine

(1924-03-04)4 March 1924[1]
British Guiana
Died31 July 2013(2013-07-31) (aged 89)
Canada
NationalityGuyana Guyanese
Political partyPeople's National Congress

Naraine attended Queen Mary's College, London University. Upon graduating in 1951, he returned to British Guiana and was appointed district engineer, Essequibo, then executive engineer in 1956. In 1957, he became deputy director of public works and in 1960, Director of Drainage and Irrigation in the Drainage and Irrigation Department.[3]

In 1961, he earned a diploma from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in the area of sea defence.[2] A government restructure changed the title of the role, making Naraine the Chief and Works Hydraulics Officer. In 1965, he studied water resources development at the University of Colorado.[3]

Naraine was elected to the Parliament in the 1970s, and held a cabinet portfolios in the Forbes Burnham administration including as minister of housing between 1972 and 1974,[4] Senior Minister of Works and Transport between 1974 and 1980, and Vice President of Guyana from October 1980 to October 1983, and minister of works and transport and later social infrastructure between 1980 and 1983.[2] After he retired from the government, Naraine was appointed as high commissioner to India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.[3]

In 1984, he received the Cacique Crown of Honour (C.C.H).[5]

References
  1. "Shiv Naraine". Markham Funeral. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. "Former Works Minister Steve Naraine passes away". Stabroek News. 6 January 2019.
  3. "Sympathy on the death of Mr. Shiw Sahai Naraine, C.C.H | Parliament of Guyana". parliament.gov.gy. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  4. "Sympathy on the death of Mr. Shiw Sahai Naraine, C.C.H | Parliament of Guyana". parliament.gov.gy. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  5. "PNCR offers sympathy on the death of Steve Naraine". Stabroek News. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2021-01-06.


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