Manuel Esquivel

Manuel Esquivel
Esquivel in 1993
2nd Prime Minister of Belize
In office
17 December 1984 – 7 September 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralElmira Minita Gordon
DeputyCurl Thompson
Preceded byGeorge Cadle Price
Succeeded byGeorge Cadle Price
In office
3 July 1993 – 30 August 1998
Governors GeneralElmira Minita Gordon
Colville Young
DeputyDean Barrow
Preceded byGeorge Cadle Price
Succeeded bySaid Musa
Leader of the Opposition
In office
7 September 1989 – 3 July 1993
Prime MinisterGeorge Cadle Price
Preceded byFlorencio Marin
Succeeded byGeorge Cadle Price
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Caribbean Shores
In office
14 December 1984 – 27 August 1998
Preceded by(constituency created)
Succeeded byJose Coye
Personal details
Born(1940-05-02)2 May 1940
Belize City, British Honduras
(now Belize)
Died10 February 2022(2022-02-10) (aged 81)
Belize City, Belize
Political partyUnited Democratic Party (1973–2022)
Liberal Party (1969–1973)
SpouseKathleen Levy (m. 1971)
Children3

Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel KCMG, PC (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.