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A mixed race Guyanese, Clement James Rohee was born in Georgetown, Guyana in March 1950. He attended public school up to the age of 14 and an evening college for one year. At the age of 18, he joined the youth arm of the People’s Progressive Party of Guyana and remained active in politics having been elected to the leadership of the Party. He studied political science in Moscow and spent three years in Prague as a political representative and journalist. He served as a member of Guyana’s Election Commission from 1981 to 1994 At age 42, he was elected to, and served as a member of parliament from 1992 to 2019; and a Minister of Government from 1992 to 2015 serving at the ministries of Foreign Affairs; Foreign Trade and International Cooperation and finally, at Home Affairs. At age 63 he was elected General Secretary of the Party. Rohee has traveled widely in the Caribbean and throughout the world. He has 23 years of experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy and international trade negotiations as well as in national and public security issues. He served as CARICOM’s Representative to superintend the negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). He was lead negotiator on sugar on behalf of the Caribbean Community with the European Commission. He was an active participant in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)group in negotiations with the European Union for a new Economic a Partnership Agreement (EPA). He was an active participant in the Caribbean Community’s negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Rohee has published his speeches, letters and articles in books entitled: ‘Facing The Challenges;’ ‘Our Public Security Legislative Agenda’; ‘Securing the Nation’ and ‘Those Days.’ He co-authored with Cheddi Jagan, a booklet entitled: ‘Guyana - ‘A Bed of Thorns.’ Rohee lives in Guyana.