[1] Concurrent with their constitutional role as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the president does not appoint a separate minister of defence.

[2] When Guyana was declared a republic in 1970 the president was elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term and possessed largely ceremonial powers.

To be qualified to be elected president, a candidate must: Concurrently, under article 155(1) of the constitution, and reinforced by a 2019 ruling of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana, persons holding citizenship of Guyana and any other country (dual citizens) are not allowed to be members of the National Assembly, and consequently would not be eligible to be president.

The phrase 'so help me God' is not specified in the constitution, but may be added at the end of the oath on the personal discretion of the president.

In the event this occurs, the temporary succession would proceed; however, the person acting as president is prevented from dissolving the National Assembly without the advice of the Cabinet, and may not revoke presidential appointments.

It consists of the shield from the coat of arms of Guyana containing a green inescutcheon bearing a Cacique's Crown in full colour.

The titular head of the country was the British monarch, represented in Guyana by the governor general, who served in a largely ceremonial capacity.

The government argued that the country's many resources had been controlled by foreign capitalists and that organizing the population into cooperatives would provide the best path to development.

The governor general, heretofore the ceremonial head of state, was replaced by a Guyanese, was the country's first president.