GUYANESE writer Petamber Persaud has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Library.

The 10 other persons appointed to serve on the Board are: University of Guyana Librarian Gwyneth George; Archivist of the Guyana National Archives, Nadia Carter; Region Two Representative Mohini Ramlakhan; Region Six Representative Jagdeish Persaud; Region 10 Representative Jenny George-Parkinson; City Mayor Patricia Chase-Greene; Deputy Permanent Secretary (Administration), Ministry of Education, Genevieve Blackman; Coordinator, Distance Education and Information Unit, National Centre for Education Resource Development, Pauline Stanford; Former Minister of Information and of the Public Service, Yvonne Harewood-Benn; and Working People’s Alliance member Lawrence Rodney.

The appointees were approved by Cabinet recently.