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{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = Belize
| insignia = Coat of arms of Belize.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Belize|Seal of prime minister of Belize]]
| nativename = 
| image =  Johnny Briceño (52135383761) (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 165px
| incumbent = [[Johnny Briceño]]
| incumbentsince = 12 November 2020
| style = [[The Right Honourable]]
| department = [[Government of Belize|Government]]<br />[[Cabinet of Belize|Cabinet]]
| type = [[Head of government]]
| seat = [[Belmopan]]
| residence = Left Wing, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan
| appointer = [[Governor-General of Belize|Governor-General]]
| termlength = 5 years, no term limit 
| formation = 12 September 1981
| succession = 
| precursor = Premier of Belize 
| inaugural = [[George Cadle Price]]
| deputy = [[Cordel Hyde]]
| salary = 91,800 BZD annually<ref name="belizebudget">{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/eDocs/budget/bz_budget/bz_approved_estimates_2013_2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420015915/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/eDocs/budget/bz_budget/bz_approved_estimates_2013_2014.pdf|archive-date=2022-04-20|title=Belize - approved estimates of revenue and expenditure for fiscal year 2013/2014|access-date=2023-09-06}}</ref>
| website = 
}}
{{Politics of Belize}}

This article lists the '''prime ministers''' and ''' deputy prime ministers''' of [[Belize]], from the establishment of the position of First Minister of [[British Honduras]] in 1961 to the present day.

==Office of the Prime Minister of Belize==
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 (Belize)|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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belizelaw.org/web/e_library/constitution_05.html|title=Part V: The Executive|work=Constitution of Belize|publisher=Belize Legal Information Network|accessdate=23 December 2021}}</ref>

==List of officeholders==
; Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|People's United Party}}|[[People's United Party]] (PUP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}|[[United Democratic Party (Belize)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

===First Minister of British Honduras (1961–1964)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan=2|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan=2|Election
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:George Cadle Price.jpg|100px]]
| [[George Cadle Price]]<br />{{small|(1919–2011)}}
| [[1961 British Honduras general election|1961]]
| 7 April 1961
| 1 January 1964
| {{Age in years and days|1961|4|7|1964|1|1}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|}

===Premier of British Honduras (1964–1973)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan=2|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan=2|Election
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:George Cadle Price.jpg|100px]]
| [[George Cadle Price]]<br />{{small|(1919–2011)}}
| [[1965 British Honduras general election|1965]]<br />[[1969 British Honduras general election|1969]]
| 1 January 1964
| 1 June 1973
| {{Age in years and days|1964|1|1|1973|6|1}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|}

===Premier of Belize (1973–1981)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan=2|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan=2|Election
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:George Cadle Price.jpg|100px]]
| [[George Cadle Price]]<br />{{small|(1919–2011)}}
| [[1974 Belizean general election|1974]]<br />[[1979 Belizean general election|1979]]
| 1 June 1973
| 12 September 1981
| {{Age in years and days|1973|6|1|1981|9|12}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|}

===Prime ministers of Belize (1981–present)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan=2|{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan=2|Election
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:George Cadle Price.jpg|100px]]
| [[George Cadle Price]]<br />{{small|(1919–2011)}}
| —
| 12 September 1981
| 17 December 1984
| {{Age in years and days|1981|9|12|1984|12|17}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:Manuel Esquivel.jpg|100px]]
| [[Manuel Esquivel]]<br />{{small|(1940–2022)}}
| [[1984 Belizean general election|1984]]
| 17 December 1984
| 7 September 1989
| {{Age in years and days|1984|12|17|1989|9|7}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| (1)
| [[File:George Cadle Price.jpg|100px]]
| [[George Cadle Price]]<br />{{small|(1919–2011)}}
| [[1989 Belizean general election|1989]]
| 7 September 1989
| 13 July 1993
| {{Age in years and days|1989|9|7|1993|7|13}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| (2)
| [[File:Manuel Esquivel.jpg|100px]]
| [[Manuel Esquivel]]<br />{{small|(1940–2022)}}
| [[1993 Belizean general election|1993]]
| 13 July 1993
| 28 August 1998
| {{Age in years and days|1993|7|13|1998|8|28}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:Said Musa 2007.jpg|100px]]
| [[Said Musa]]<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| [[1998 Belizean general election|1998]]<br />[[2003 Belizean general election|2003]]
| 28 August 1998
| 8 February 2008
| {{Age in years and days|1998|8|28|2008|2|8}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 4
| [[File:Belizean Prime Minister, Dean Barrow in London, 27 June 2013 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Dean Barrow]]<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
| [[2008 Belizean general election|2008]]<br />[[2012 Belizean general and local elections|2012]]<br />[[2015 Belizean general election|2015]]
| 8 February 2008
| 12 November 2020
| {{Age in years and days|2008|2|8|2020|11|12}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 5
| [[File:Johnny Briceño (52135383761) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Johnny Briceño]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}
| [[2020 Belizean general election|2020]]<br />[[2025 Belizean general election|2025]]
| 12 November 2020
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|2020|11|12}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|}

==Timeline==
This is a [[Bar chart|graphical]] '''lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Belize'''. They are listed in order of office (Price and Esquivel are shown in order of their first premierships).

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==Deputy Prime Minister of Belize==
{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Prime Minister of Belize 
| body = 
| native_name =
| department = [[Government of Belize]]<br />[[Cabinet of Belize]]
| image = Cordel Hyde 2022.jpg
| alt = 
| incumbent = [[Cordel Hyde]]
| incumbentsince = November 13, 2020
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| residence = [[Belize City, Belize]]
| nominator = 
| nominatorpost = 
| appointer = [[Froyla Tzalam]]
| termlength = At the pleasure of the [[Prime Minister of Belize|prime minister]]
| inaugural = [[Florencio Marin|Florencio Marin, Sr.]]
| formation = September 21, 1981
| last = 
| abolished = 
| succession = 
| salary = 
| website = [https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/house-of-representatives/ 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 of Belize|government]].

===List of deputy prime ministers of Belize since (1981–present)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:Florencio Marin Sr 2022.jpg|100px]]
| [[Florencio Marin]]<br />{{small|(1st time)}}
| 12 September 1981
| 14 December 1984
| {{Age in years and days|1981|9|12|1984|12|14}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 2
|
| [[Curl Thompson]]
| 15 December 1984
| 4 September 1989
| {{Age in years and days|1984|12|15|1989|9|4}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| (1)
| [[File:Florencio Marin Sr 2022.jpg|100px]]
| [[Florencio Marin]]<br />{{small|(2nd time)}}
| 5 September 1989
| 30 June 1993
| {{Age in years and days|1989|9|5|1993|6|30}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:Belizean Prime Minister, Dean Barrow in London, 27 June 2013 (cropped).jpg|100px]] 
| [[Dean Barrow]]
| 1 July 1993
| 27 August 1998
| {{Age in years and days|1993|7|1|1998|8|27}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 4
| [[File:Johnny Briceño (52135383761) (cropped).jpg|100px]] 
| [[Johnny Briceño]]
| 28 August 1998
| 4 June 2007
| {{Age in years and days|1998|8|28|2007|6|4}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 5
|
| [[Juan Vildo Marin]]
| 5 June 2007
| 7 February 2008
| {{Age in years and days|2007|6|5|2008|2|7}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 6
| [[File:Gaspar Vega.jpg|100px]]
| [[Gaspar Vega]]
| 8 February 2008
| 5 May 2016
| {{Age in years and days|2008|2|8|2016|5|5}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 7
| [[File:Patrick Faber (cropped).jpg|100px]] 
| [[Patrick Faber (politician)|Patrick Faber]]
| 6 May 2016
| 10 February 2020
| {{Age in years and days|2016|5|6|2020|2|10}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Belize)}}; color:white"| 8
| [[File:Hugo Patt 2019.jpg|100px]]
| [[Hugo Patt]]
| 11 February 2020
| 11 November 2020
| {{Age in years and days|2020|2|11|2020|11|11}}
| [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|UDP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|People's United Party}}; color:white"| 9
| [[File:Cordel Hyde 2022.jpg|100px]]
| [[Cordel Hyde]]
| 12 November 2020
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|2020|11|12}}
| [[People's United Party|PUP]]
|}

==See also==
* [[List of governors of British Honduras]]
* [[Governor-General of Belize]]
* [[List of heads of state of Belize]]
* [[List of prime ministers of Elizabeth II]]
* [[List of prime ministers of Charles III]]
* [[List of Commonwealth heads of government]]
* [[List of Privy Counsellors (1952–2022)]]
* [[List of Privy Counsellors (2022–present)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Belize.html Belize - Historical events timeline]
* [http://rulers.org/rulb1.html#belize Belize - rulers timeline]

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