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George Cadle Price (born
January 15,
1919) was the first
Prime Minister of
Belize and is considered the architect of that country's independence. Born in
Belize City, he entered politics in
1947 with his election to the Belize City Council. Three years later, on
September 29,
1950, he cofounded the
People's United Party, which he led for four decades and which was devoted to the political and economic independence of the
British colony, then known as
British Honduras.
Education and early political activities
Price was never educated further than
St. John's College High School (SJC didn't have a sixth form until the 1960's.) While there, however, he was exposed to the teachings of Catholic
social justice, in particular the
encyclical Rerum Novarum.
Upon graduation Price attached himself to local business man Robert Turton as his private secretary.
He also rallied a few SJC graduates, some of them later members of the PUP, to contest elections in 1944 and 1947 for the local Town Board, being successful in 1947. Price also contributed to the Belize Billboard, then run by
Phillip Goldson.
Later political career
Price, upon the formation of the PC in 1950, was named its Assistant Secretary, and in a famous speech later that year claimed that "National Unity" propelled the PC's actions. With the formation of the PUP Price's stature rose and he ascended through the party ranks until he became leader following a dispute in 1956.
Elected to the colony's Legislative Council in
1954, he also served as mayor of Belize City from
1956 to
1962. In 1956 became also leader of the PUP. As First Minister, a post he held since
1961, he led the team which began negotiations over independence with Great Britain. He maintained that post as premier in
1964.
In
1981 Belize gained its independence, and Price served as the country's first prime minister and foreign minister until 1984. After the PUP's defeat in the
elections by the
United Democratic Party under
Manuel Esquivel, he resumed the post of prime minister in
1989, serving until
1993, when he was again replaced by Esquivel.
In
1982, Price became a member of the
United Kingdom's
Privy Council. In October of 1996 he announced his resignation as party leader, and on
November 10,
1996 was formally succeeded by
Said Musa.
Honours
In September
2000, Price became the first person to receive Belize's highest honour, the Order of National Hero, for the prominent role he played in leading his country to independence. He has received similar honours in other Caribbean and Central American countries.
See also: List of Prime Ministers of Belize
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