Rupert Roopnaraine, a Guyanese politician, cricketer and writer, died on February 23, 2026, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the age of 83.
Born in Kitty, Georgetown, British Guiana, on January 31, 1943, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1964 to 1966 and received a Blue in the University Match against Oxford in 1965 and 1966. Roopnaraine served as Guyana’s Minister of Education from 2015 to 2017 before being reassigned to the Ministry of the Presidency in 2017.
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 and 2017.