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Prime Minister of Belize | |
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Government of Belize Cabinet of Belize | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Type | Head of government |
Residence | Left Wing, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan |
Seat | Belmopan |
Appointer | Governor-General of Belize |
Term length | 5 years, no term limit |
Precursor | Premier of Belize |
Inaugural holder | George Cadle Price |
Formation | 12 September 1981 |
Deputy | Cordel Hyde |
Salary | 91,800 BZD annually [1] |
Belizeportal |
The following article contains a list of prime ministers of Belize and deputy prime ministers, from the establishment of the position of First Minister of British Honduras in 1961 to the present day.
The office of prime minister is established by section 37 of the Constitution of Belize, which provides that the governor-general of Belize "shall appoint a member of the House of Representatives who is the leader of the political party which commands the support of the majority of the members of that House; and if no political party has an overall majority, he shall appoint a member of that House who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the members of that House" The prime minister's principal office is the Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan. [2]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | George Cadle Price (1919–2011) | 1961 | 7 April 1961 | 1 January 1964 | 2 years, 269 days | People's United Party |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | George Cadle Price (1919–2011) | 1965 1969 | 1 January 1964 | 1 June 1973 | 9 years, 151 days | People's United Party |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | George Cadle Price (1919–2011) | 1974 1979 | 1 June 1973 | 12 September 1981 | 8 years, 103 days | People's United Party |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | George Cadle Price (1919–2011) | — | 12 September 1981 | 17 December 1984 | 3 years, 96 days | People's United Party | |
2 | Manuel Esquivel (1940–2022) | 1984 | 17 December 1984 | 7 September 1989 | 4 years, 264 days | United Democratic Party | |
(1) | George Cadle Price (1919–2011) | 1989 | 7 September 1989 | 13 July 1993 | 3 years, 309 days | People's United Party | |
(2) | Manuel Esquivel (1940–2022) | 1993 | 13 July 1993 | 28 August 1998 | 5 years, 46 days | United Democratic Party | |
3 | Said Musa (born 1944) | 1998 2003 | 28 August 1998 | 8 February 2008 | 9 years, 164 days | People's United Party | |
4 | Dean Barrow (born 1951) | 2008 2012 2015 | 8 February 2008 | 12 November 2020 | 12 years, 278 days | United Democratic Party | |
5 | Johnny Briceño (born 1960) | 2020 | 12 November 2020 | Incumbent | 2 years, 298 days | People's United Party |
Deputy Prime Minister of Belize | |
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Government of Belize Cabinet of Belize | |
Style | The Honourable |
Residence | Belize City, Belize |
Appointer | Froyla Tzalam |
Term length | At the pleasure of the prime minister |
Inaugural holder | Florencio Marin, Sr. |
Formation | September 21, 1981 |
Website | House of Representatives |
The deputy prime minister of Belize is an elected official who, according to the Constitution, "serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister of Belize." The deputy prime minister is often the deputy leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives of Belize that is in government.
# | Portrait | Incumbent | Tenure | Political affiliation | ||
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Took office | Left office | |||||
1 | Florencio Marin (1st time) | 12 September 1981 | 14 December 1984 | People's United Party | ||
2 | Curl Thompson | 15 December 1984 | 4 September 1989 | United Democratic Party | ||
(1) | Florencio Marin (2nd time) | 5 September 1989 | 30 June 1993 | People's United Party | ||
3 | Dean Barrow | 1 July 1993 | 27 August 1998 | United Democratic Party | ||
4 | Johnny Briceño | 28 August 1998 | 4 June 2007 | People's United Party | ||
5 | Juan Vildo Marin | 5 June 2007 | 7 February 2008 | People's United Party | ||
6 | Gaspar Vega | 8 February 2008 | 5 May 2016 | United Democratic Party | ||
7 | Patrick Faber | 6 May 2016 | 10 February 2020 | United Democratic Party | ||
8 | Hugo Patt | 11 February 2020 | 11 November 2020 | United Democratic Party | ||
9 | Cordel Hyde | 12 November 2020 | Present | People's United Party |
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