Rab Forman

{{Short description|Scottish solicitor and Conservative Party politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives

| termstart1 = 4 June 2015

| leader1 = Ruth Davidson
Jackson Carlaw
Douglas Ross

| predecessor1 = The Lord Keen of Elie

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| alma_mater = University of Edinburgh

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}

| occupation = Solicitor

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|WS|}}

| birth_name = Robert Forman

| party = Scottish Conservatives

| office2 = Councillor, Lothian Regional Council

| termstart2 = 3 May 1990

| termend2 = 5 May 1994

| termend1 = 20 May 2022

| alongside1 = Rachael Hamilton from 14 February 2020

| successor1 = Craig Hoy

}}

Robert Forman {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|WS}} (born 1948), known as Rab Forman, is a Scottish solicitor and politician. He was the Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party between June 2015 and May 2022, succeeding Richard Keen, and prior to that appointment served as Honorary Secretary of the party for ten years.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=June 4, 2015|title=Scottish Conservatives appoint new chairman - Scottish Conservatives|url=http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2015/06/scottish-conservatives-appoint-new-chairman/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928031110/https://scottishconservatives.com/2015/06/scottish-conservatives-appoint-new-chairman/|archive-date=2015-09-28|accessdate=2015-09-27|website=Scottish Conservatives}}

Rab Forman was born in Edinburgh and graduated from Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh. He was elected as a Councillor for the former Lothian Regional Council in 1990. He served the Merchiston and Morningside ward for four years. He was a senior partner at Blackadders LLP, where he practised as a private client solicitor.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 10, 2014|title=News & Legal Updates {{!}} Blog {{!}} Blackadders Scotland|url=https://www.blackadders.co.uk/news-and-legal-updates/blackadders-and-mckay-norwell-to-merge|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Blackadders|language=en-UK}}

Forman is a Writer to The Signet and was appointed a Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday honours list.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 15, 2015 |title=Rab Forman awarded MBE for political service |url=https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/legal-news/rab-forman-awarded-mbe-for-political-service/ |accessdate=2020-10-14 |website=Law Society of Scotland}} He was further awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday honours list in 2024. He is the honorary president of his former school, Royal High School.{{Cite web|title=Committee|url=http://www.royalhigh.co.uk/committee.htm|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.royalhigh.co.uk}} He is a former Moderator of the Society of High Constables of Edinburgh. He is also the former captain of Mortonhall Golf Club.{{Cite web|last=Stanbrook|first=Alison|date=August 19, 2020|title=Golf House Club, Elie|url=https://thebraidsociety.com/golf-house-clubelie/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=The James Braid Golfing Society|language=en-UK}}