2020 in Guyana

Events in the year 2020 in Guyana.

Incumbents

 * President: Irfaan Ali
 * Prime Minister: Mark Phillips

Events

 * 11 March – The first case of COVID-19 in the country is reported: a 52-year-old woman suffering from underlying health conditions, including diabetes and hypertension. The woman died at the Georgetown Public Hospital, making her the first COVID-19 death in the country as well.
 * 18 March – All schools in the country were closed.
 * 19 March – The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) closed Guyanese airspace to all international arrivals.
 * 2 August – Irfaan Ali succeeds David Granger as the 10th President of Guyana.
 * 12 September – Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute: Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Affairs, expresses confidence that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in Guyana's favor in the border dispute with Venezuela.

Deaths

 * 7 April – John Percy Leon Lewis, 77, military officer; COVID-19
 * 25 August – Sase Narain, politician, former Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1925).