Abdul Kadir

Abdul Kadir (born Michael Seaforth; 1952 – 28 June 2018) was a Guyanese politician and convicted terrorist. According to U.S. court documents, Kadir was the disciple of Mohsen Rabbani, an Iranian diplomat accused of being one of the masterminds behind the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. Kadir was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Kadir died in prison on 28 June 2018.

On 26 April 2019, a controversial sympathy motion passed in the National Assembly, when Valarie Adams-Yearwood (Minister of Communities) moved the motion, calling Kadir a "great man" along with support from Audwin Rutherford. Adams-Yearwood and Rutherford both hail from Linden. People's Progressive Party, the opposition party, condemned the motion and walked out, leaving the motion to pass unopposed. A statement from the US embassy called it "insensitive and thoughtless" The government of Guyana responded to the criticism, regretting the interpretation of the motion, saying the honor is given to all who served in the National Assembly, and reiterated their stance against terrorism.