Leader of the Opposition, Belize
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The Leader of the Opposition of Belize is an elected official who, according to the Constitution, "commands the support of those elected officials that do not support the Government." He or she speaks on behalf of the Opposition Members of Belize's House of Representatives
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House of Representatives of Belize
The House of Representatives of Belize is one of two chambers of the National Assembly, the other being the Senate. It was created under the 1981 constitution....
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Leaders of the Opposition since Independence
- Theodore ArandaTheodore ArandaDr. Theodore "Ted" Aranda is a Belizean politician.- Education and UDP career :Aranda holds a Ph.D. and worked with the Belize branch of the CARE organization. In 1974 he joined the newly formed United Democratic Party and quickly rose up the ranks. In 1979 he was one of the 5 representatives...
(UDP): September 1981-November 1982 (elected in 1979) - Curl Thompson (UDP): January 1983-December 1984
- Florencio Marin (PUP): December 1984-September 1989
- Manuel EsquivelManuel EsquivelSir Manuel Esquivel, KCMG, PC is a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:...
(UDP): September 1989-June 1993 - George Cadle PriceGeorge Cadle PriceGeorge Cadle Price PC was the first Prime Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation"....
(PUP): June 1993 - October 1996 - Said MusaSaid MusaSaid Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from August 28, 1998 to February 8, 2008.-Early life and education:Said Musa was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize...
(PUP): November 1996 - August 1998 - Dean BarrowDean BarrowDean Oliver Barrow is Prime Minister of Belize and leader of the United Democratic Party. An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was then Leader of the Opposition until the UDP won the February 2008 election...
(UDP): August 1998-February 2008 - Said MusaSaid MusaSaid Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from August 28, 1998 to February 8, 2008.-Early life and education:Said Musa was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize...
(PUP): February 2008-March 30, 2008 - Johnny Briceno (PUP): April 2008 – October 18, 2011
- Francis FonsecaFrancis FonsecaFrancis Fonseca is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party . First elected to office in 2003 as the Area Representative for Freetown in the Belize District, he served as Attorney General and Minister of Education, Culture and Labour until February 2008, when the PUP lost a...
(PUP): November 3, 2011 - present