Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north,the Caribbean Sea to the east,and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a water boundary with Honduras to the southeast. Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),and is considered part of the Caribbean region and the historical British West Indies.
Belize is a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy,whereby the king of Belize serves as head of state and the prime minister is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Belize.
Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008.
Sir Colville Norbert Young is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993,taking office on 17 November of that year,and was knighted in 1994.
The People's United Party is one of two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2020 Belizean general election,winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean House of Representatives. It is a centre-left Christian democratic party. The party leader is Johnny Briceño,who currently serves as the Prime Minister of Belize.
Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party,he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989,and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was the first time an opposition party had won a general election in Belize.
Dame Elmira Minita Gordon was a Belizean educator,psychologist and politician;she served as the first governor general of Belize from its independence in 1981 until 1993. She was the first Belizean to receive a doctorate in psychology. She is one of the few "double dames",having received damehoods in two separate orders:the Order of St Michael and St George and the Royal Victorian Order.
Dean Oliver Barrow,SC PC is a politician from Belize who served as the fourth prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party.
General elections were held in Belize on 30 June 1993. Although the People's United Party received the most votes,the United Democratic Party–National Alliance for Belizean Rights alliance won the most seats. Voter turnout was 72%.
The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community and the head of its principal administrative organ,the CARICOM Secretariat.
The National Alliance for Belizean Rights (NABR),formed as the Patriotic Alliance for Territorial Integrity,was a political party in Belize in the 1990s. The party colour was forest green.
General elections were held in Belize on 7 February 2008. Beginning with this election,Belizeans elected 31 members to the House of Representatives of Belize instead of 29. In what was considered an upset,the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) won the election with 25 out of 31 seats;the ruling People's United Party won six.
Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson was a Belizean newspaper editor,activist and politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Belize as member for the Albert constituency from 1965 to 1998 and twice as a minister. Goldson was a founding member of both of Belize's current major political parties,the People's United Party (PUP) in the 1950s and the United Democratic Party (UDP) in the 1970s. He was also the leading spokesman of the hardline anti-Guatemalan territorial claims National Alliance for Belizean Rights party in the 1990s.
The monarchy of Belize is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Belize. The current Belizean monarch and head of state since 8 September 2022,is King Charles III. As sovereign,he is the personal embodiment of the Belizean Crown. Although the person of the sovereign is shared with 14 other independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations,each country's monarchy is separate and legally distinct. As a result,the current monarch is officially titled Kingof Belize and,in this capacity,he and other members of the royal family undertake public and private functions as representatives of the Belizean state. However,the King is the only member of the royal family with any constitutional role.
The economy of Belize is a small,essentially private enterprise economy that is based primarily on agriculture,tourism,and services. The cultivation of newly discovered oil in the town of Spanish Lookout has presented new prospects and problems for this developing nation. Belize's primary exports are citrus,sugar,and bananas. Belize's trade deficit has been growing,mostly as a result of low export prices for sugar and bananas.
Wilfred Peter "Sedi" Elrington is a Belizean politician who has been the Foreign Minister of Belize since 2008.
His Majesty's Government in Belize,also referred to as the Belizean Government is the democratic administrative authority of Belize,a constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. It was formed in 1981 after gaining sovereignty from the United Kingdom. The constitution is the supreme law of Belize.
General elections were held in Belize on 11 November 2020 to elect the 31 members of the House of Representatives. Nomination day was 21 October.
The Belize People's Front is a Belizean progressive and social democratic centre-left political party founded in 2013. The BPF made its electoral debut in the 2020 Belizean general election on 11 November 2020,in which it fielded 13 candidates and became the third largest political party in the country. BPF's leader Nancy Marin is the first female political party leader in Belize.
Destiny Evelyn Wagner is a Belizean author,and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2021. She is the first Belizean to win the Miss Earth title and the first to win one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
