Manuel Esquivel
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The Right Honourable Sir Manuel Esquivel KCMG |
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Esquivel in 1993
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| 2nd Prime Minister of Belize | |
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In office 17 December 1984 – 7 September 1989 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Elmira Minita Gordon |
| Deputy | Curl Thompson |
| Preceded by | George Cadle Price |
| Succeeded by | George Cadle Price |
| 4th Prime Minister of Belize | |
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In office 3 July 1993 – 30 August 1998 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Elmira Minita Gordon Colville Young |
| Deputy | Dean Barrow |
| Preceded by | George Cadle Price |
| Succeeded by | Said Musa |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 7 September 1989 – 3 July 1993 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Elmira Minita Gordon |
| Prime Minister | George Cadle Price |
| Preceded by | Florencio Marin |
| Succeeded by | George Cadle Price |
| Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Caribbean Shores | |
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In office 14 December 1984 – 27 August 1998 |
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| Preceded by | (constituency created) |
| Succeeded by | Jose Coye |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 May 1940 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize) |
| Nationality | Belizean |
| Political party |
United Democratic Party (1973–present) Liberal Party (1969–1973) |
| Spouse(s) | Kathy Esquivel |
Sir Manuel Esquivel, KCMG, PC (born 2 May 1940) is a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998.
Esquivel was born in Belize City when it was still the capital of the United Kingdom colony of British Honduras. He attended St John's College and later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics at Loyola University New Orleans; he subsequently pursued postgraduate studies in physics at Bristol University, England.
After the 1969 British Honduras election Esquivel became head of the pro-business Liberal Party, which merged with two other parties in 1973 to form the United Democratic Party. Esquivel was the UDP nominee for the Belize House of Representatives in the Freetown constituency in the 1979 election, but was defeated by then-Premier of Belize George Cadle Price. He was instead appointed as a minority member of the Belize Senate. Esquivel defeated Philip Goldson for the open UDP leadership post in January 1983, becoming the first and thus far only politician to be elected leader of a major Belizean political party as a senator. Acting opposition leader Curl Thompson stayed on as the UDP's House leader until the next election.
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