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Rodwell Ferguson is a Belizean politician and a former cabinet minister in the Said Musa administration. [1] He is a member of the People's United Party (PUP) [2] and was its Southern Caucus chair. [3] He was re-elected to office in March 2012 as the area representative for the Stann Creek West constituency in the Stann Creek District. [4]

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References

  1. "SPBA meets Minister of Defense". The San Pedro Sun . Vol. 17, no. 47. 6 December 2007.
  2. "Standard Bearers". People's United Party. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014.
    - "Rodwell Ferguson also gets approval from the Blue". Great Belize Television. 24 January 2011.
  3. Humes, Aaron (28 November 2008). "Rodwell Ferguson Replaces Mike Espat as PUP Southern Caucus Chair". Amandala .
  4. "House of Representatives". Government of Belize. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.