2021 in Belize explained

The following lists events in the year 2021 in Belize.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Elizabeth II
• Governor-General: Colville Young (to 30 April 2021), Stuart Leslie (acting from 1 to 27 May 2021), Froyla Tzalam (since 27 May 2021)
• Prime Minister: Johnny Briceño
• Chief Justice: Michelle Arana (acting since 20 March 2020)

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Belize

• 1 January – 2021 New Year Honours
• 15 January – George Cadle Price Day, honours the 1st Prime Minister (1989-1993).^[1]
• 12 June – Marcelo Ebrard, Mexican Foreign Minister, announced on May 12, 2021, that Mexico will donate 400,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bolivia, Belize, and Paraguay.^[2]
• 20 November — Destiny Wagner wins Miss Earth 2021, this is the first time that Belize won in one of the most prestigious Big Four international beauty pageants.

Scheduled

• 24 May – Commonwealth Day.^[1]
• 1 August – Emancipation Day, Starting 2021, Belize joins other Caribbean nations in the observance of Emancipation Day to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in 1843.^[3]
• 10–21 September — September Celebrations, including Battle of St. George's Caye Day (1798) and Independence Day (1981).^[1]

Deaths

• 1 January – Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, politician, Governor-General (1981 to 1993).^[4]

See also

• 2021 in the Caribbean
• 2021 in Central America
• COVID-19 pandemic in North America

Notes and References

1. Web site: Public and Bank Holidays in Belize in 2021 . Office Holidays . January 15, 2021 . en.
2. Web site: México dona 400 mil vacunas AstraZeneca para Belice, Bolivia y Paraguay . El Universal . June 12, 2021 . es . 2021-06-12.
3. Web site: Emancipation Day in Belize in 2021 . Office Holidays . January 15, 2021 . en.
4. Web site: Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, trailblazing educator and first Governor-General, dead at 90 . breakingbelizenews.com . 2 January 2021 . 3 January 2021.