Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Freetown
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 March 2003
Preceded by
Jorge Espat
Personal details
Born
Francis William Fonseca
(1967-03-11) 11 March 1967 (age 57) Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Political party
People's United Party
Residence(s)
Belize City, Belize
Alma mater
St. John's College University of Southwestern Louisiana University of the West Indies
Francis William Fonseca (born 11 March 1967) is a Belizean politician who served as leader of the People's United Party (PUP) and as Leader of the Opposition of Belize from 2011 to 2016.[1] First elected to the Belize House of Representatives from the Belize City-based Freetown constituency in 2003, Fonseca served as Attorney General and Minister of Education, Culture and Labour in Prime Minister Said Musa's cabinet until February 2008, when the PUP lost the general election to the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP). Fonseca was one of only six PUP representatives nationwide to retain his seat in the National Assembly in the 2008 election.[2]
Following the election defeat and subsequent resignation of Musa from the PUP leadership in March 2008, the party held a convention to select its new leader. Fonseca was a candidate for the party leadership at this convention, and he was considered to be the candidate preferred by the party establishment, but he was defeated by Johnny Briceño, receiving 310 votes against 330 for Briceño.[3] Fonseca successfully contested the PUP leadership in 2011 after Briceño's resignation. He led the party in the 2012 election, in which it was narrowly defeated.[1]
A National Convention was called on for January 31, 2016. Three candidates ran for the position, Orange Walk Central representative, Hon. Johnny Briceño, recently elected Lake Independence representative, Cordel Hyde and Freetown incumbent, Francis Fonseca contested it again although his announcement of retirement from politics.
Following the November 2020 General Election in Belize in which the People's United Party was successful, Francis Fonseca was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Briceno.
^ abParty Leader | People's United Party Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine. People's United Party. (accessed 23 September 2014)
^The battle for leadership by Angel Novelo, The Reporter, 15 February 2008
^"Johnny stuns Francis in ‘Pan!", Amandala Online, April 1, 2008.
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January 1993 – 5 March 2003 Preceded by Derek Aikman Succeeded by FrancisFonseca Personal details Born 1959 (age 64–65) British Honduras (now Belize)...
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