Hugo Patt

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Hugo Patt is a politician from Belize from United Democratic Party. He served as the deputy prime minister of Belize [1] [2] [3] and the acting prime minister of Belize from 6 July 2019 to 9 July 2019 [4] and serving as Member of the House of Representatives from Corozal North. [5] He also served as the minister of Natural Resources from 2018 [2] and minister of Local Government and Rural Development. [6] He was Deputy Prime Minister of Belize from February 2020 [7] to November 2020.

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References

  1. "Hon. Hugo Patt sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister". Amandala Newspaper. 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. 1 2 "Hon. Hugo Patt Sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister". Ambergris Today. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  3. "Hon. Hugo Patt is new Deputy Prime Minister". The Guardian (Belize). Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  4. "Prime Minister Departs the Country". Press Office of Government of Belize. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  5. "House of Representatives". National Assembly of Belize. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  6. Macmillan, Palgrave (2017-02-28). The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. ISBN   978-1-349-68398-7.
  7. "Hugo Patt sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister". www.breakingbelizenews.com.