George Cadle Price | |
|---|---|
 Price in 1965 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of Belize | |
| In office 7 September 1989 – 13 July 1993 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor‑General | Elmira Minita Gordon |
| Deputy | Florencio Marin |
| Preceded by | Manuel Esquivel |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Esquivel |
| In office 12 September 1981 – 17 December 1984 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor‑General | Elmira Minita Gordon |
| Deputy | Florencio Marin |
| Preceded by | himself (as prime minister) |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Esquivel |
| Premier of Belize | |
| In office 1 June 1973 – 12 September 1981 | |
| Preceded by | himself (as prime minister of British Honduras) |
| Succeeded by | himself (as Prime Minister) |
| Premier of British Honduras | |
| In office 1 January 1964 – 1 June 1973 | |
| Preceded by | himself (as First Minister) |
| Succeeded by | himself (as Prime minister of Belize) |
| First Minister of British Honduras | |
| In office 7 April 1961 – 1 January 1964 | |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | himself (as Prime minister) |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 3 July 1993 – 10 November 1996 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governors General | Elmira Minita Gordon Colville Young |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Esquivel |
| Preceded by | Manuel Esquivel |
| Succeeded by | Said Musa |
| Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Pickstock | |
| In office 4 September 1989 – 5 March 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Ellen Usher |
| Succeeded by | Godfrey Smith |
| Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Freetown[1] | |
| In office 26 March 1961 – 14 December 1984 | |
| Preceded by | (constituency created) |
| Succeeded by | Derek Aikman |
| Member of the British Honduras Legislative Assembly for Belize North | |
| In office 28 April 1954 – 26 March 1961 | |
| Preceded by | (constituency created) |
| Succeeded by | (constituency abolished) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1919 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize) |
| Died | 19 September 2011 (aged 92) Belize City, Belize |
| Political party | People's United Party |
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.[2]
- ^ British Honduras Legislative Assembly before 1973
- ^ "Belizean Biographies". website. The Belize National Library Service and Information System. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.