Arthur Raymond Chung was of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president in a non-Asian country. During his time as President, the office was that of a ceremonial head of state, with real power in the hands of Prime Minister Forbes Burnham.
Chung was born at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara in Guyana; he was the youngest of Joseph and Lucy Chung's eight children.
Chung died on June 23 2008 at his home. In the two months prior to his death he had been hospitalized a number of times, and he was last released from the hospital on June 20.
In 1954, Chung married another native of Windsor Forest, Doreen Pamela Ng-See-Quan, with whom he had one daughter and one son.
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