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She was married to Cheddi Jagan , a Prime Minister and President of Guyana well known for his leftist leanings, from 1943 until his death in 1997 . Janet Jagan was a Communist political activist in her youth but moderated her stance later in her career. After Mr. Jagan's death, Mrs. Jagan was elected President and served in that capacity from 1997 to 1999 , when she resigned for health reasons. She became the second female President in the history of South America (after Isabel Perón of Argentina ) and the first to be democratically elected. In the Guyanese context, Janet not only became the first Female President of Guyana , but she was also the first U.S.-born and white woman to lead the nation. Janet handed the Presidency to Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo , marking the end of an important era in the ruling party's history and the beginning of a new and challenging one. Being both Marxist and Jewish , she was the subject of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in the United States; there were false reports that she is related to Ethel And Julius Rosenberg .
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