The Honorable Warren Kwame Eusi Mc Coy was appointed to a ministerial portfolio in the Cabinet of His Excellency, President Mohammed Irfaan Ali on August 5th, 2020, and to a seat in the 12th Parliament of Guyana, following the electoral victory of the Peoples Progressive Party-Civic at the March 2nd General and Regional Elections.
Minister Mc Coy, who holds responsibility for Public Affairs, and who’s functions are embedded within the Office of the Prime Minister, brings to the portfolio a wealth of experience in media, strategic communication management, and executive administration; having accumulated more than two decades of professional industry experience.
Mc Coy started his career in broadcast journalism with the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation in 1993, and later moved on to serve as an Information Officer with the Ministry of Information between 1998 and 2001. He would spend another six years honing public relations skills with the Ministry of Health, before being elevated to the prominent senior role of Communication Coordinator/Press Officer within the Office of the President, where he served with distinction until the change of government in 2015. During the years prior to the reelection of the People’s Progressive Party-Civic to government in 2020, Mc Coy administered the communication and coordination portfolios in his role as Executive Assistant to the then Leader of the Opposition, former President and now Vice President, His Excellency Bharat Jagdeo.
Mc Coy started his career in broadcast journalism with the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation in 1993, and later moved on to serve as an Information Officer with the Ministry of Information between 1998 and 2001. He would spend another six years honing public relations skills with the Ministry of Health, before being elevated to the prominent senior role of Communication Coordinator/Press Officer within the Office of the President, where he served with distinction until the change of government in 2015. During the years prior to the reelection of the People’s Progressive Party-Civic to government in 2020, Mc Coy administered the communication and coordination portfolios in his role as Executive Assistant to the then Leader of the Opposition, former President and now Vice President, His Excellency Bharat Jagdeo.
Some of the outstanding accomplishments for which Minister Mc Coy is credited, include the founding and development of the National Youth Parliament; fostering stronger and deeper regional communication for the integration movement through a CARICOM Youth Ambassadorship; advancing the rights and protection of children as a Commissioner of the ‘Rights of the Child Commission’; and consolidation and modernization of the State Media apparatus as a Board Director and through his information liaison and oversight role at the Office of the President. Minister McCoy holds a Master of Political Marketing from the Rome Business School, and a Graduate Certificate in Public Relations. He is also professionally accomplished and certified in the areas of media ethics, media and broadcast journalism, and crisis and strategic communication management.
