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'''Derek Chunilall Jagan''' (25 May 1930 – 15 October 2000) was a Guyanese politician and lawyer. He served as [[List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Guyana|Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana]] from 1992 to 2000.<ref name=":0">http://parliament.gov.gy/GUYANA%20PARLIAMENT%20HISTORY%202009-1.pdf</ref> He died of an apparent heart attack while doing yard work in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=16 October 2000|title=Derek Jagan, speaker of Guyana's parliament, dies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=20001016&id=vnpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1x4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3145,70630&hl=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518205131/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=20001016&id=vnpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1x4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3145,70630&hl=en |archive-date=2016-05-18 |access-date=2021-01-16|website=news.google.com|publisher=Wilmington Morning Star}}</ref> He was the younger brother of former Guyanese president [[Cheddi Jagan]].
In the early 1960s, Jagan was monitored by the British government during the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-08-26|title=MI5 files light up 1953 events|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/08/26/news/guyana/mi5-files-light-up-1953-events/|access-date=2021-01-16|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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