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The Right Honourable
Dean Barrow
SC PC
Barrow in 2013
4th Prime Minister of Belize
In office 8 February 2008 – 12 November 2020
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor‑General
Sir Colville Young
Deputy
Gaspar Vega (2008–2016) Patrick Faber (2016–2020)[1] Hugo Patt (2020–2020)
Preceded by
Said Musa
Succeeded by
Johnny Briceño
Leader of the Opposition
In office 30 August 1998 – 8 February 2008
Prime Minister
Said Musa
Preceded by
Said Musa
Succeeded by
Johnny Briceño
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Queen's Square
In office 14 December 1984 – 12 November 2020
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Denise Barrow
Personal details
Born
Dean Oliver Barrow
(1951-03-02) 2 March 1951 (age 73) Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Political party
United Democratic Party (1984–present)
Spouse(s)
Lois Young (before 2009) Kim Simplis (2009–present)
Alma mater
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill Norman Manley Law School University of Miami
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.
^"Hon. Patrick Faber Sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister". The San Pedro Sun. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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