Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Caribbean Shores
In office 14 December 1984 – 27 August 1998
Preceded by
(constituency created)
Succeeded by
Jose Coye
Personal details
Born
(1940-05-02)2 May 1940 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Died
10 February 2022(2022-02-10) (aged 81) Belize City, Belize
Political party
United Democratic Party (1973–2022) Liberal Party (1969–1973)
Spouse
Kathleen Levy (m. 1971)
Children
3
Sir Manuel Amadeo EsquivelKCMG, 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.
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...
was defeated in the elections by the United Democratic Party under ManuelEsquivel, with Price unexpectedly losing his own House of Representatives seat...
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the People's United Party. Soon after he was appointed to the first ManuelEsquivel Cabinet as Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the...
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proposals which they claimed would "Set Belize Free". Prime Minister ManuelEsquivel advised Governor General Sir Colville Young to dissolve the House of...
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significant gains since losing the last general election in 1979. Senator ManuelEsquivel – who Prime Minister George Price defeated in his own House constituency...
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health, PM ManuelEsquivel transferred him to a less-demanding position as a judge of the Court of Appeal on 26 August 1998, naming Manuel Sosa as the...
was defeated by the United Democratic Party (UDP), and UDP leader ManuelEsquivel replaced Price as prime minister. Price returned to power after elections...
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the Opposition and then Leader of the Opposition during the first ManuelEsquivel government after Price was unexpectedly defeated for re-election in...
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