| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | Belize |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Belize.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of prime minister of Belize |
| Incumbent: | Johnny Briceño |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 November 2020 |
| Style: | The Right Honourable |
| Department: | Government Cabinet |
| Type: | Head of government |
| Seat: | Belmopan |
| Residence: | Left Wing, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan |
| Appointer: | Governor-General |
| Termlength: | 5 years, no term limit |
| Formation: | 12 September 1981 |
| Precursor: | Premier of Belize |
| Inaugural: | George Cadle Price |
| Deputy: | Cordel Hyde |
| Salary: | 91,800 BZD annually[1] |
The following article contains a list of prime ministers of Belize and deputy prime ministers, from the establishment of the position of First Minister of British Honduras in 1961 to the present day.
The office of prime minister is established by section 37 of the Constitution of Belize, which provides that the governor-general of Belize "shall appoint a member of the House of Representatives who is the leader of the political party which commands the support of the majority of the members of that House; and if no political party has an overall majority, he shall appoint a member of that House who appears to him likely to command the support of the majority of the members of that House" The prime minister's principal office is the Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan.[2]
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | George Cadle Price | — | 12 September 1981 | 17 December 1984 | PUP | |||
| 2 | Manuel Esquivel | 1984 | 17 December 1984 | 7 September 1989 | UDP | |||
| (1) | George Cadle Price | 1989 | 7 September 1989 | 13 July 1993 | PUP | |||
| (2) | Manuel Esquivel | 1993 | 13 July 1993 | 28 August 1998 | UDP | |||
| 3 | Said Musa | 1998 2003 | 28 August 1998 | 8 February 2008 | PUP | |||
| 4 | Dean Barrow | 2008 2012 2015 | 8 February 2008 | 12 November 2020 | UDP | |||
| 5 | Johnny Briceño | 2020 | 12 November 2020 | Incumbent | PUP | |||
| Post: | Deputy Prime Minister of Belize |
| Department: | Government of Belize Cabinet of Belize |
| Incumbent: | Cordel Hyde |
| Incumbentsince: | November 13, 2020 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Residence: | Belize City, Belize |
| Appointer: | Froyla Tzalam |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the prime minister |
| Inaugural: | Florencio Marin, Sr. |
| Formation: | September 21, 1981 |
| Website: | House of Representatives |
The deputy prime minister of Belize is an elected official who, according to the Constitution, "serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister of Belize." The deputy prime minister is often the deputy leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives of Belize that is in government.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Florencio Marin (1st time) | 12 September 1981 | 14 December 1984 | PUP | |||
| 2 | 15 December 1984 | 4 September 1989 | UDP | ||||
| (1) | Florencio Marin (2nd time) | 5 September 1989 | 30 June 1993 | PUP | |||
| 3 | 1 July 1993 | 27 August 1998 | UDP | ||||
| 4 | 28 August 1998 | 4 June 2007 | PUP | ||||
| 5 | 5 June 2007 | 7 February 2008 | PUP | ||||
| 6 | 8 February 2008 | 5 May 2016 | UDP | ||||
| 7 | 6 May 2016 | 10 February 2020 | UDP | ||||
| 8 | 11 February 2020 | 11 November 2020 | UDP | ||||
| 9 | 12 November 2020 | Incumbent | PUP | ||||