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BIOGRAPHIES
Born in 1966 in New Amsterdam in Region #6 into a family of lawyers, is himself a family man, married to Nicola Denise Trotman, he is the father of four.
His contribution to influence the landscape of Guyana’s civil society, its politics and national development, commenced over a decade ago, when he was first elected a member of the Mayor and Councilors of the capital City of Georgetown (1994) and an elected a Member of Parliament since 1998.
Over the ensuing years, Mr. Trotman has gained significant experience in city and political government. He has been Chairman of the Legal Affairs and Security Committee of the City Council, and a member of several Parliamentary Select Committees from 1999-2001, including from 2001-2005, a member of the Foreign Relations and the Constitution Reform and Standing Order Committees of Parliament. He has participated as a member of a Study Mission to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to observe the “Good Friday” Peace Agreement and process, in 1998.
This son of the soil has also benefited from post graduate training at the National Defense University in Washington DC and from Harvard University – School of law. Mr. Trotman holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the prestigious Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusettes, USA .
He has attended a British Government sponsored Workshop for Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians in 2000 in the United Kingdom, and a World Bank Seminar on Parliament, Good Governance and Poverty Reduction in Helsinki, Finland, in 2003.
During 2005 Mr. Trotman was invited to participate in:
- The European Union Visitor Programme at EU headquarters in Belgium and Luxembourg in January, 2005.
- The United States Department of Defense sponsored Advanced Policy Making Seminar on: “Transformation, Defense and Security Challenges in the Caribbean”, Nassau, Bahamas, February, 2005.
- The United Kingdom Government sponsored visit to Houses of Commons and Lords and meetings with senior government officials in March, 2005.
- The United States International Visitor Leadership Program, April, 2005 which consisted of meetings with Senior Government and State officials in Washington, D.C., Lincoln, Nebraska, and Sacramento, California.
Proficient in Spanish, Mr. Trotman has two notable publications to his credit - The Wars of the West Indies and the Threat of State Disintegration in Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica.
- International Dispute Resolution: The Guyana/Suriname Boundary Dispute Revisited.
Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan LLB. (UWI) LEC. (UWI) was born on October 12, 1960 at No. 48 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. He is an eminent attorney-at-law, a fearless and objective politician, and volunteer youth organizer. His profession as an attorney-at-law and as a politician brings him in contact with people from all over Guyana –the Essequibo/Demerara/Berbice. He is married to Sita Ramjattan and is the father of two children.
“Prakash”, or “Prak” as he is fondly known was born into and grew up in a grassroot, humble political family on the Corentyne. He served as the former Chairman of the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO - 1988 - 1995) and as a member of the Central Committee 1997 – 2004 of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP/C).
This former State Counsel in the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a former President of the Guyana Bar Association 2003 –2005, has been a Member of Parliament since October 1992, and was Member of Public Accounts Committee of National Assembly 2001 – 2004. He has fearlessly and objectively represented his views on numerous issues, some highly politically sensitive, all in his quest for a better Guyana.
Mr. Ramjattan has participated in many national and international workshops and seminars; and contributed to numerous discussions and public debates on issues of mal-administration, good governance, undue political interference by the state, unprofessional and unethical behaviour, among other topics. He is Editor of the Guyana Bar Review. An ardent cricketer, but a little too old for the National team; so he is satisfied being President of the Gandhi Youth Cricket Club.
Ms. Sheila Holder
Ms. Sheila Holder MP. homemaker, civil society activist, consumer advocate and politician, who has been married to Noel Holder, agriculturist and CEO of i-net Communications Inc. for the last 36 years and has two sons and a daughter from the union.
Ms. Holder served as a member of the Trustee Board of the NGO Forum, as a Director of Guyana Stores Ltd, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards and the Bauxite Industry Development Company Ltd. In 1995, and she was chairperson for the Environmental chapter of the Guyana National Development Strategy.
Within the region, she was elected a member of the CARICOM recognized Caribbean Consumers Consultative Committee (CCCC), precursor to the Caribbean Consumers Council, and internationally, as a member of the Global Policy & Campaigns Committee (GPCC) of Consumers International (CI) as the representative for Latin America and the Caribbean. She represented the Regional group at meetings such as the CARICOM “Forward Together Conference” with Heads of Governments; the Seventh CARICOM Council Meeting for Human & Social Development; the 23rd Meeting of Ministers and ACP-EU Economic & Social Interests Groups, in Brussels.
In 2002, she was recognized by the St. Lucia Ministry of Commerce, Tourism, Investment & Consumer Affairs and The St. Lucia Consumer Association for her contribution to the advancement of the Consumer Movement in St. Lucia, West Indies.
Ms. Holder entered the National Assembly in 2001 on a GAP-WPA ticket and is a member of the Parliamentary Management Committee, the Committee for the appointment of members of Constitutional Commissions and the Standing Orders Committee.
Along with Mr. Raphael Trotman and Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, she participated in the World Bank Seminar on Parliament, Good Governance and Poverty Reduction in Helsinki, Finland, in 2003. It was during this time that she was contracted by the OAS to prepare a study on “Political Party Campaign Financing” in Guyana.
During 2004 Ms. Holder was a part of the Commonwealth Expert Team of Five mandated by the Commonwealth Secretary General to report on the Cameroon registration process for presidential elections. She returned subsequently as a member of the 45th Commonwealth Elections Observer Group to the Cameroon Presidential Elections under the chairmanship of the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada.
Ms. Holder has presented several papers at international conferences including the presentation on “Privatisation of Telecommunications – the Guyana Experience” at the Consumers International Fourth Regional Conference for Latin America & the Caribbean held in Santiago Chile, and has contributed articles to regional and international publications.
BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying – University of Greenwich, UK
Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Institute of Architects and Surveyors, Chartered Institute of Building and Guyana Association of Surveyors.
In private practice with over eighteen years experience of providing quantity surveying, project management and appraisal services to both public and private sector clients in the UK, Guyana and the Caribbean.
Vice President – Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation, Charter Member (Past President) – Rotary Club of Demerara, Member of Parliament (Ninth Parliament of the Republic of Guyana).
Ms. LATCHMIN BUDHAN – PUNALALL
The AFC’s newest Member of Parliament was born at Bara Bara, Mahaicony River on June 29, 1962, the seventh child to her parents who were farmers. Sister Sarah as she is fondly known, obtained her preliminary Certificate Examination from Karamat Primary School in July, 1975, a Diploma in Cosmetology from GB’s Unisex Beauty Salon in October 1991 and a certificate in Practical Salon Management from Ernesta Haynes Hair Design Institute of Barbados in August, 1992.
In 1999 Latchmin visited India to further her qualifications and attained certificates in Skin care from the Clinic for Obesity, Body & Skin Care of Hyderabad, India and certificates in Computer and Internet Technologies and the Empowerment of Women from the National Institute of Small Industry Extension Training, Hyderabad, India.
Sister Sarah possesses a deep commitment towards serving her country and has worked extensively in many small communities in Guyana, especially with women. She is a committed homemaker who works alongside her husband who is the Senior Pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in helping the poor, sick, and troubled.
As a committed member of her church she also holds a certificate and diploma in Religious Education . She is responsible for the Women’s and Children’s Ministry of the Sovereign Grace Baptist Fellowship and is presently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree Program in Professional Counseling from the American University of Peace Studies.
CURRICULUM VITAE OF MS. LATCHMIN BUDHAN - PUNALALL
I was born at Bara Bara, Mahaicony River on June 29, 1962 as the seventh child to my parents who were farmers.
My qualifications are as follows:-
Preliminary Certificate Examination from Karamat Primary School in July, 1975.
English Language, Mathematics, Principles of Business & Principles of Accounts at CXC in 1980.
Diploma in Cosmetology from GB's Unisex Beauty Salon in Oct, 1991.
Certificate in Practical Salon Management from Ernesta Haynes Hair Design Institute of Barbados in Aug, 1992.
Intermediate in English from Pitman Examinations Institute in Dec, 1992
Certificate from Ravishing Bodies - Clinic for Obesity, Body & Skin Care of Hyderabad, India in Dec, 1999.
Certificate in Windows, Ms-Office and Internet Technologies from the National Institute of Small Industry Extension Training, Hyderabad, India in Dec, 1999.
Certificate in Empowerment of Women Through Enterprises from National Institute of Small Industry Extension Training, Hyderabad, India in Dec, 1999.
Certificate in Religious Education from the Sovereign Grace Baptist College, Corriverton, Guyana in July, 2003.
Diploma in Religious Education from the Sovereign Grace Baptist College, Corriverton Guyana in Jan, 2005.
Over the past many years I have been responsible for the Women and Childrenʼ's Ministry of the Sovereign Grace Baptist Fellowship. I have also been working alongside my husband who is the Senior Pastor of our churches in helping the poor, sick, and troubled
Presently I am midway in a Bachelors Degree Program in Professional Counseling from the American University of Peace Studies.
The Pastor was ordained as a Gospel Minister at the Cruz Bay Baptist Church, St. John, US Virgin Islands in June,1988 and uniquely combines his Ministry’s work with his desire to serve Guyana and shape the future of our country as a member of the Executive of the Alliance For Change.
He holds a Diploma in Agriculture from the Guyana School of Agriculture, a certificate in Farm Science from Aldermaston College, England,
Diploma in Religious Education from Virgin Islands Bapist School of Theology., a Degree of the Graduate of Theology and a Bachelors Degree in Religious Education.
Pastor Punalall has served as Senior Pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Fellowship and Principal of the Sovereign Grace Baptist College in Guyana and works as a Bible Teacher of two media ministries, Inspirations from the Bible (TV) and the Sovereign Grace Bible Broadcast (radio).
Mr. Gaskin is the owner of a Georgetown jewellery store. He has had formal training in diamond grading and gemology combined with 25 years experience in the various arts of handcrafting precious jewellery. He is currently the President of the Guyana National Association of Goldsmiths and Jewellers.
He has a wife and the couple have two children both of whom attend school in Guyana. He is an active member of the Queen’s College Old Students Association and is their representative on the Queen’s College Board of Governors.
He has been a member of the party since its launching and was on the AFC’s list of candidates at the last general election.
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