POLITICIANS from Belize

Top 8

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belizean Politicians of all time. This list of famous Belizean Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Colville Young (b. 1932)

With an HPI of 51.65, Colville Young is the most famous Belizean Politician.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994. His tenure of 28 years is the longest of any governor-general in the history of the Commonwealth.

2. Johnny Briceño (b. 1960)

With an HPI of 48.57, Johnny Briceño is the 2nd most famous Belizean Politician.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

John Antonio Briceño (born 17 July 1960) is a Belizean politician who is the fifth and current prime minister of Belize since 12 November 2020 and the leader of the People's United Party (PUP) since 2016. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2020. From 1998 to 2007, he served as the deputy prime minister under Prime Minister Said Musa.

3. Said Musa (b. 1944)

With an HPI of 48.13, Said Musa is the 3rd most famous Belizean Politician.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Said Wilbert Musa ( , born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008.

4. Elmira Minita Gordon (1930 - 2021)

With an HPI of 47.28, Elmira Minita Gordon is the 4th most famous Belizean Politician.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Dame Elmira Minita Gordon (30 December 1930 – 1 January 2021) was a Belizean educator, psychologist and politician; she served as the first governor general of Belize from its independence in 1981 until 1993. She was the first Belizean to receive a doctorate in psychology. She is one of the few "double dames", having received damehoods in two separate orders: the Order of St Michael and St George and the Royal Victorian Order. She was the first woman to serve as governor-general in the history of the Commonwealth.

5. Manuel Esquivel (1940 - 2022)

With an HPI of 46.85, Manuel Esquivel is the 5th most famous Belizean Politician.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was the first time an opposition party had won a general election in Belize.

6. George Cadle Price (1919 - 2011)

With an HPI of 46.22, George Cadle Price is the 6th most famous Belizean Politician.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

George Cadle Price (15 January 1919 – 19 September 2011) was a Belizean statesman who served as the head of government of Belize from 1961 to 1984 and 1989 to 1993. He was the first minister and premier under British rule until independence in 1981 and was the nation's first prime minister after independence that year. He is considered one of the principal architects of Belizean independence. Today he is referred to by many as the "Father of the Nation". Price effectively dominated Belizean politics from the early 1960s until his 1996 retirement from party leadership, having been the nation's head of government under various titles for most of that period. He entered politics in 1947 with his election to the Belize City Council. In 1949, with the devaluation of the British Honduran dollar he, together with a group of citizens, formed the People's Committee. It was the start of the "peaceful, constructive Belizean revolution". On 29 September 1950, he co-founded the People's United Party, which he led for four decades and which was devoted to the political and economic independence of the British colony, then known as British Honduras.

7. Dean Barrow (b. 1951)

With an HPI of 45.61, Dean Barrow is the 7th most famous Belizean Politician.  His biography has been translated into 41 different languages.

Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as the fourth prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party. An attorney by profession, Barrow served as Belize's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was Leader of the Opposition from 1998 until the UDP won the February 2008 election. Barrow was elected to his first term as prime minister in 2008. He started his second term after the UDP again won an election on March 7, 2012 and his third term when the UDP won again on November 4, 2015.

8. Froyla Tzalam (b. 2000)

With an HPI of 30.33, Froyla Tzalam is the 8th most famous Belizean Politician.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Dame Froyla Tzalam is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader, who has served as the third governor-general of Belize since 27 May 2021. She is the first indigenous person of Maya descent to serve as governor-general of any country in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.