Odeen Ishmael

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Odeen Ishmael (born 1948) is a Guyanese diplomat. He is the current Guyanese ambassador to Venezeula and the former ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) (1993-2003). Ishmael received the Cacique Crown of Honour in 1997. In 1974, Ishmael was awared the Gandhi Centenary Gold Medal for academic achievement at the University of Guyana.

[edit] Personal life

Ishmael traces his ancestry back to what are now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He has 2 children, Safraz, a Georgetown University law school alumnus, and Nadeeza, who works at a genetics company in Maryland. [1]

[edit] Sources

• Biography at Guyana.org
• "Socialist Ideology Takes New Roots in South America" 29 January 2007, Venezuela Analysis by Odeen Ishmael
• Trying to Lift Little Guyana to New Heights, March 2002, The Washington Diplomat magazine