Michael Finnegan (Belizean politician)
| Michael Finnegan | |
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| Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Mesopotamia | |
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Assumed office 30 June 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Curl Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Michael Myvett c. 1951 (age 65–66) British Honduras (now Belize) |
| Nationality | Belizean |
| Political party |
United Democratic Party (1973–present) United Black Association for Development (1970–1972) |
| Residence | Belize City, Belize |
Michael Kwame Finnegan (born Michael Myvett, c.1951) is a Belizean politician and a member of the United Democratic Party. He is currently Minister of Housing and Urban Development in Prime Minister Dean Barrow's cabinet. He is a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Mesopotamia Electoral Division in Belize City. Finnegan hosts the television show Mek Wave and Lik Road.
Michael Myvett was born c.1951 and grew up in Belize City. He has a sister F
As a young activist in 1969, Michael Myvett protested the Vietnam War conducted by the United States, while affiliated with the Ad Hoc Committee for the Truth About Vietnam. This group was co-founded by Said Musa, a future Prime Minister. In 1970 Finnegan became a member of the United Black Association for Development. By late 1972 he had become estranged from UBAD president Evan X Hyde. In this period he changed his name to Michael Kwame Finnegan.
Finnegan then became a political protege of Dean Lindo, an early UDP leader. He was a founding member of the UDP in 1973. Finnegan already had a reputation as a gifted street campaigner. He worked as a UDP activist throughout the rest of the 1970s and 1980s.
Finnegan was first elected to office in 1993, when he became a member of the Belize House of Representatives from the Mesopotamia constituency, a safe UDP seat in Belize City. Finnegan was one of only two UDP House members re-elected in 1998 (Dean Barrow, current Prime Minister, was the other); they were two of three successful UDP candidates nationwide. Finnegan has been re-elected with at least 60 percent of the vote in every election since.
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