| Emil Arguelles | |
| Nationality: | Belizean |
| Primeminister2: | Dean Barrow |
| Term Start2: | 14 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 3 February 2012 |
| Successor2: | Michael Peyrefitte |
| Birth Date: | 1972 |
| Party: | United Democratic Party (Belize) |
Emil Arguelles (born July 4, 1972) is a Belizean attorney by trade. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize from March 2008 to February 2012.[1] [2] He has also been a Member of the Executive Board of the Bar Association of Belize, a Councillor of the Board of the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry and a Member of the Belize City Council Trade Licensing Board. He was also appointed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Belize.[3]
Arguelles attended St. John’s College in Belize and Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, USA (1993); University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, (LL.B (Hons), 1996); Norman Manley Law School, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica (Certificate of Legal Education, 1998).
Arguelles is presently the managing attorney of Arguelles & Company LLC and specializes in Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Real Estate and Foreign Investment.[4] He is an active member of several associations: Belize Bar Association; International Bar Association (IBA); UK Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP); International Tax Planning Association (ITPA); Belize Offshore Practitioners Association (BOPA); International Trademark Association (INTA); Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI); Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO); MARQUES; Association of Real Estate Brokers of Belize (AREBB).On the 13th January, 2009, Emil Arguelles was presented with the Guatemalan Presidential Medal by the President of Guatemala, H.E. Alvaro Colom Caballeros.[5] [6]