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Rupert Roopnaraine
Minister of Education
In office
2015–2017
PresidentDavid A. Granger
Preceded byShaik K.Z. Baksh
Succeeded byNicolette Henry
Personal details
Born(1943-01-31)31 January 1943
Georgetown, British Guiana
Died23 February 2026(2026-02-23) (aged 83)
Georgetown, Guyana
NationalityGuyana Guyanese
PartyWorking People's Alliance
OccupationAuthor, politician, cricket player
Rupert Roopnaraine
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964–66Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 29
Runs scored 302
Batting average 7.94
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 50*
Balls bowled 5,974
Wickets 58
Bowling average 36.53
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 8/88
Catches/stumpings 7/–

Rupert Roopnaraine (31 January 1943 – 23 February 2026) was a Guyanese cricketer, writer and politician. Roopnaraine served as Minister of Education of Guyana between 2015[1] and 2017.[2]

Life and career

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Early life

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Roopnaraine was born in Kitty, Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana).[3] He played first-class cricket for the Cambridge University team from 1964 to 1966 and was awarded a Blue for representing the university in the annual University Match against Oxford in 1965 and 1966.[4] As a cricketer, he was a lower order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler.

Politics

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In 2015, Roopnaraine was appointed Minister of Education of Guyana.[1] In 2017, he was reassigned to Ministry of the Presidency, and Nicolette Henry replaced him as Minister of Education.[2]

Author

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Primacy of the Eye: The Art of Stanley Greaves was published in 2003. Roopnaraine also contributed a substantial "Introduction" to the Peepal Tree Press 2010 edition of Edgar Mittelholzer's Shadows Move Among Them.[5]

Roopnaraine's collection of essays, The Sky's Wild Noise, won the non-fiction category of the 2013 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.[6] The judges commented that "in the corpus of non-fiction prose in the Caribbean intellectual tradition, only José Martí and George Lamming rival the range of Roopnaraine's capacities of response, depth of analysis and subtle and mordant style."[7]

Death

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Roopnaraine died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on 23 February 2026, at the age of 83.[8]

Selected works

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  • The Web of October: Rereading Martin Carter (Peepal Tree Press, 1986)
  • Suite for Supriya (love poems; Peepal Tree Press, 1993)
  • Primacy of the Eye: The Art of Stanley Greaves (Peepal Tree Press, 2003)
  • The Sky's Wild Noise: Selected Essays (Peepal Tree Press, 2012)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nicolette Henry, Minister of Education". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Roopnaraine no longer Education Minister; Nicolette Henry to take full control of Ministry". Demerara Waves. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. ^ Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L.W., eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 1368. ISBN 9781134468485.
  4. ^ "Rupert Roopnaraine". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Rupert Roopnaraine". Peepal Tree Press. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Roopnaraine wins Bocas non-fiction literary prize", Guyana Times, 30 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Rupert Roopnaraine wins major literary award", Kaieteur News, 30 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, voice of justice and unity, passes at 83". Kaieteur News. Retrieved 23 February 2026.