Politics of Belize

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1. Politics of Belize

2. Framework Parliamentary representative democratic monarchy ( 內閣制 ) ( 代議制 ) ( 民主制 ) ( 君主制 ) Head of the government: Prime Minister Multi-party system Constitution

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5. Legislative Branch The National Assembly of Belize is a bi-cameral(Having two branches or chambers) body which consists of a House of Representatives( 眾議院 ) and a Senate( 參議院 ) .

6. The House of representative: The 31 members of the House of Representatives are popularly elected to a maximum five-year term of office. Legislative Branch

7. The Senate: The Senate currently consists of 12 Senators plus the President of the Senate. The Senators are appointed by the Governor General as follows: Legislative Branch

8. Executive Branch

9. Judicial Branch Members of the independent judiciary are appointed. 1) the Magistrates' Court: hears less serious cases 2) the supreme Court (Chief Justice): which hears murder and similarly serious cases 3) the Court of Appeal

10. Political Parties United Democratic Party V.S. People’s United Party Tenure Incumbent Affiliation Notes British Honduras British Crown Colony 7 April 1961 to 1 January 1964 George Cadle Price , First Minister PUP British Honduras Self-Governing British Crown Colony 1 January 1964 to  1 June 1973 George Cadle Price , Premier PUP 1st Time Belize Self-Governing British Crown Colony 1 June 1973  to  12 September 1981 George Cadle Price , Premier PUP (contd.) Belize Independent country 21 September 1981  to 17 December 1984 George Cadle Price , Prime Minister PUP (contd.) 17 December 1984 to 7 September 1989 Manuel Esquivel , Prime Minister UDP 1st Time 7 September 1989 to 3 July 1993 George Cadle Price , Prime Minister PUP 2nd Time 3 July 1993 to 28 August 1998 Manuel Esquivel , Prime Minister UDP 2nd Time 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008 Said Musa , Prime Minister PUP   8 February 2008 to present Dean Barrow , Prime Minister UDP [ edit ]

11. Reference http :// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Belize http:// www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/ct.asp?xItem=117&ctnode=1131&mp=1 http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?cat_id=Politics

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