Former Secretary to the Treasury dies

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 June 2015, 12:41 by GxMedia

Dr. Claude Chang

Former Secretary to Guyana’s Treasury and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Dr. Claude Chang died in the United States (US).

He was 74.

Chang, who was terminally ill, passed away in Colorado, United States on Sunday 31^st of May. He was buried on Monday June 1^st, 2015.

Chang served as Secretary to the Treasury from 2000 to 2001, and Deputy CEO of GT&T from 2001 to 2002

He authored three books: Aggressive Capitalism- The Overleveraging of America’s Wealth, Integrity, and Dollar; Territoriality and the Westernization Imperative, and Privatization and Development

He was also a member of the Governing Council of the University of Guyana, and a member of the Board of the Bank of Guyana.

He was a Lecturer in Economics at Johnson’s and Wales University and the Australia-headquartered Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Vietnam.

He was the husband of Bebe Chang, a former journalist at the now defunct Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and Stabroek News.

Dr. Chang  was the father of four children from a previous marriage.