Raphael Trotman (born 1966) is a Guyanese lawyer and politician. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana from 2011 to 2015. He was the country's Minister for Natural Resources from 2015 to 2020. A former executive member of the

People's National Congress Reform The People's National Congress Reform is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Guyana led by Aubrey Norton. The party currently holds 31 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. In Guyana's ethnically divided politic ...

, Trotman co-founded the Alliance For Change (AFC) in 2005 along with

Khemraj Ramjattan Khemraj Ramjattan (born 12 October 1960) is a Guyanese politician and one of the founders of Alliance for Change.http://parliament.gov.gy/new2/about-parliament/parliamentarian/khemraj-ramjattan From May 2015 to August 2020, he served as Minis ...

and

Sheila Holder Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name ''Síle'', which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, mean ...

. Officially launched on October 29, 2005, the AFC received 8.3% of the national vote and won 5 of the 65 seats in the August 2006 elections, becoming the third largest political party in Guyana. Trotman was initially elected to Parliament in 1998 as a member of the

. Trotman resigned the PNCR on May 27, 2005 but did not resign his Parliamentary seat until 27 December 2005, well after the launch of his new political party. In the 2006 elections, Trotman was his party's presidential candidate.

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1966 births Living people 20th-century Guyanese lawyers Alliance for Change (Guyana) politicians People's National Congress (Guyana) politicians Government ministers of Guyana Speakers of the National Assembly (Guyana) {{Guyana-politician-stub