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| Prime Minister of Belize | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Residence | Left Wing, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan |
| Appointer | Governor-General of Belize |
| Term length | At the Governor-General's pleasure Max three parliamentary terms[1] |
| Inaugural holder | George Cadle Price |
| Formation | 12 September 1981 |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Salary | 91,800 BZD annually[2] |
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The following article contains a list of prime ministers of Belize, from the establishment of the position of First Minister of British Honduras in 1961 to the present day.
First Minister of British Honduras (1961–1964)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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George Cadle Price (1919–2011) |
1961 | 7 April 1961 | 1 January 1964 | 2 years, 269 days | People's United Party |
Premier of British Honduras (1964–1973)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
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George Cadle Price (1919–2011) |
1965 1969 |
1 January 1964 | 1 June 1973 | 9 years, 151 days | People's United Party |
Premier of Belize (1973–1981)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
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George Cadle Price (1919–2011) |
1974 1979 |
1 June 1973 | 12 September 1981 | 8 years, 103 days | People's United Party |
Prime ministers of Belize (1981–present)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
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George Cadle Price (1919–2011) |
— | 12 September 1981 | 17 December 1984 | 3 years, 96 days | People's United Party |
| 2 | 
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Manuel Esquivel (born 1940) |
1984 | 17 December 1984 | 7 September 1989 | 4 years, 264 days | United Democratic Party |
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George Cadle Price (1919–2011) |
1989 | 7 September 1989 | 13 July 1993 | 3 years, 309 days | People's United Party |
| (2) |
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Manuel Esquivel (born 1940) |
1993 | 13 July 1993 | 28 August 1998 | 5 years, 46 days | United Democratic Party |
| 3 | 
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Said Musa (born 1944) |
1998 2003 |
28 August 1998 | 8 February 2008 | 9 years, 164 days | People's United Party |
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Dean Barrow (born 1951) |
2008 2012 2015 |
8 February 2008 | 12 November 2020 | 12 years, 278 days | United Democratic Party |
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Johnny Briceño (born 1960) |
2020 | 12 November 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 6 days (as of 18 November 2021) |
People's United Party |
Office[edit]
The Prime Minister's principal office is the Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan.
See also[edit]
- List of Governors of British Honduras
- Governor-General of Belize
- Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
- List of Commonwealth Heads of Government
- List of Privy Counsellors (1952–present)
