Dean Barrow
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The Right Honourable Dean Barrow |
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| Prime Minister of Belize | |
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Assumed office 8 February 2008 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Colville Young |
| Deputy |
Gaspar Vega (2008–2016) Patrick Faber (2016–present) |
| Preceded by | Said Musa |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 30 August 1998 – 8 February 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Said Musa |
| Preceded by | Said Musa |
| Succeeded by | Said Musa |
| Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Queen's Square |
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Assumed office 14 December 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
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Dean Oliver Barrow 2 March 1951 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize) |
| Political party | United Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lois Young Kim Simplis (2009–present) |
| Alma mater |
St Michael's College University of the West Indies University of Miami |
Dean Oliver Barrow (born 2 March 1951) is a Belizean politician who has been Prime Minister of Belize since 2008. He is also the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP). An attorney by trade, he served as 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 started his first term as Prime Minister after victory in the 2008 election. He started his second term after the UDP again won an election on 7 March 2012. He started his third term when the UDP won again on 4 November, 2015.
Barrow, a senior counsel, is one of Belize's successful attorneys and has appeared in several high-profile cases. He began his legal work in the law firm of uncle Dean Lindo in 1973 and became a partner there in 1977. He would eventually leave to form his own law firm, Barrow and Williams (with Rodwell Williams) until he vacated office prior to the 2008 general elections, although he remains titular senior partner. Among his firm's more controversial clients is Lord Ashcroft and the businesses he is connected with, particularly the Belize Bank and at one time, Belize Telemedia Limited, formerly Belize Telecommunications Limited.
In December 1983 Barrow entered electoral politics as a candidate for Belize City Council elections, which he won as part of a nine-man slate. Before that year's redistricting, in 1984 Barrow was preselected as the UDP candidate for Collet but after redistricting chose to contest the newly created Queen's Square constituency instead, as was his prerogative under UDP party rules. In the ensuing election Barrow handily defeated Ralph Fonseca of the People's United Party. Soon after he was appointed to the first Manuel Esquivel Cabinet as Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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