Colville Young
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His Excellency Sir Colville Young GCMG MBE |
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Young in 2013
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| 2nd Governor-General of Belize | |
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Assumed office 17 November 1993 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Manuel Esquivel Said Musa Dean Barrow |
| Preceded by | Elmira Minita Gordon |
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20 November 1932 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize) |
| Nationality | Belizean |
| Alma mater | St. Michael's College (Belize) University of the West Indies University of York |
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Viceregal styles of Sir Colville Young (1993–present) |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Sir Colville Norbert Young GCMG MBE (born 20 November 1932) is the Governor-General of Belize, and also patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994.
Sir Colville studied at Belize's St Michael's College (now part of Anglican Cathedral College (ACC) and not to be confused with the institution now known as Maud Williams High School), and earned a B.A. degree in English from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica prior to his doctorate in linguistics from the University of York in England.
In the 1960s Young was a member of the opposition National Independence Party. He ran as the NIP candidate for the British Honduras Legislative Assembly in the Mesopotamia constituency in 1965 and 1969, but was defeated both times by C. L. B. Rogers, the People's United Party incumbent.
Along with future Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel, Young was one of the founding members of the Liberal Party, a short-lived pro-business political party which ultimately became a part of the United Democratic Party (UDP). Afterwards Young was interested in seeing Belize's development in academia and education, and after returning from England began trying to advance the nation in that regard. In the late 1980s Young became president of the University College of Belize, one of the five parent institutions of the University of Belize, and was one of its senior lecturers.
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