This article is about the Belizean Prime Minister. For other uses, see George Price (disambiguation).
Leader of Belize (–, –)
The Right Honourable
George Cadle Price
Price in
In office 7 September &#;– 13 July
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor&#x;General
Elmira Minita Gordon
Deputy
Florencio Marin
Preceded by
Manuel Esquivel
Succeeded by
Manuel Esquivel
In office 12 September &#;– 17 December
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor&#x;General
Elmira Minita Gordon
Deputy
Florencio Marin
Preceded by
himself (as prime minister)
Succeeded by
Manuel Esquivel
In office 1 June &#;– 12 September
Preceded by
himself (as prime minister of British Honduras)
Succeeded by
himself (as Prime Minister)
In office 1 January &#;– 1 June
Preceded by
himself (as First Minister)
Succeeded by
himself (as Prime minister of Belize)
In office 7 April &#;– 1 January
Preceded by
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Picture: Left to right: Prince Michael of Kent, Prime Minister George Price, and Governor General Dr. Dame Minita Gordon in Belmopan on Belize Independence Day.
Irene Escalante Price, mother of Rt. denna. George Price.
Below: George Price (left) and siblings in Belize City at age ten.
Mr. Price loved to tour the country no matter how inaccessible the area may have been. He travelled widely in his Land Rover, on horseback, walking and bygd canoe.
Above: George Price at church in Mexico city in Mr. Price attended mass or church every day no matter where his travels took him.
In the Belize Post Office issued a commemorative stamp to honor the 25th anniversary of Belize&#;s 25th Independence. The stamp features a depiction of Mr. George Price and the Belize Flag in the background.
From left to right: People&#;s United Party leader John Briceno, Rt. Hon. George Price, former PUP party leader and Prime Minister Said Musa at Independence Hall celebrating Mr. P
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&#;His passion for the Caribbean cradled the Central American State of Belize into the arms of the Community&#; &#; words of introduction in the citation given for the Rt. Honourable George Cadle Price, &#;Father of the Nation&#; of Belize and OCC Awardee of
The political record of this great statesman dates back to CARIFTA, the precursor of the Caribbean Community.
Fuelled by a deep desire for the incorporation of Belize into the wider southern geo-political hemisphere, he united with the Caribbean leaders who advocated for the establishment of CARIFTA joining the league of founding fathers of this institution.
Like many of the political stalwarts of his time, George Price was the pillar of his nation&#;s political liberation, clearing its path to political independence in His political career revolved around a multiplicity of roles as founding member of the People&#;s United Party in , Mayor of Belize City from , Member of the Legislative Assembly , First Premier and Prime Min