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The Right Honourable
Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price
Rt. Hon. George Price
1st Prime Minister of Belize
In office
September 21, 1981 – December 17, 1984
Deputy Florencio Marin, Sr.
Preceded by office created
Succeeded by Manuel Esquivel
3rd Prime Minister of Belize
In office
September 7, 1989 – July 3, 1993
Deputy Florencio Marin, Sr.
Preceded by Manuel Esquivel
Personal details
BornJanuary 15, 1919Belize City, Belize
Died September 19, 2011 (aged 92)Belize City, Belize
Nationality Belizean
Political party People's United Party
George Cadle Price (January 15, 1919 – September 19, 2011) was the first Prime
Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of thecountry's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation".
Born in Belize City to William and Irene (née Escalante) Price, he entered politics in
1947 with his election to the Belize City Council. Three years later, on September 29,
1950, he co-founded the People's United Party, which he led for four decades and whichwas devoted to the political and economic independence of the British colony, then
known as British Honduras.[1]
Education and early political activities
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Price was never educated further than St. John's College High School (SJC did not have a
sixth form until the 1960s.) While there, however, he was exposed to the teachings of
Catholic social justice, in particular the encyclical Rerum Novarum. Upon graduationPrice was hired by local businessman Robert Sidney Turton as his private secretary. He
also rallied a few SJC graduates, some of them later members of the PUP, to contest
elections in 1944 and 1947 for the local Town Board, being successful in 1947. Price alsocontributed to the Belize Billboard, then run by Phillip Goldson.[citation needed ]
Later political career
Main article: People's United Party
Price, upon the formation of the People's Committee (PC) in 1950, was named its
Assistant Secretary, and in a famous speech later that year claimed that "National Unity" propelled the PC's actions. With the formation of the PUP, Price's stature rose and he
ascended through the party ranks until he became Party Leader following a leadership
dispute in 1956.[citation needed ]
Elected to the colony's Legislative Council in 1954, he also served as mayor of Belize
City from 1956 to 1962. In 1956, Price became also Party Leader of the PUP. As First
Minister, a post he held since 1961, he led the team which began negotiations over
independence with Great Britain. He maintained that post as Premier in 1964. In 1981Belize gained its independence, and Price served as the country's first prime minister and
foreign minister until 1984. After the PUP's defeat in the elections by the United
Democratic Party under Manuel Esquivel, he resumed the post of prime minister in 1989,serving until 1993, when he was again replaced by Esquivel.[citation needed ]
In 1982, Price became a member of the United Kingdom's Privy Council. In October 1996 he announced his resignation as party leader, and on November 10, 1996 was
formally succeeded by Said Musa.
Honours
In September 2000, Price became the first person to receive Belize's highest honour, the
Order of National Hero, for the prominent role he played in leading his country to
independence. He has received similar honours in other Caribbean and Central Americancountries. In 1982, he was made a member of the Privy Council.[1]
Death
Price died on September 19, 2011, aged 92, in a medically induced coma at Belize
Healthcare Partners Hospital after surgery to remove a blood clot .[2] A state funeral washeld on Monday, September 26, 2011.