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Government
Long-form name: none.
Type: parliamentary.
Capital: Belmopan.
Administrative divisions: 6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal,
Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo.
Independence: 21 September 1981 (from UK; formerly British
Honduras).
Constitution: 21 September 1981.
Legal system: English law.
National holiday: Independence Day, 21 September.
Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime
minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet.
Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly consists of an
upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives.
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Dame Elmira Minita GORDON
(since 21 September 1981);
Head of Government--Prime Minister George Cadle PRICE (since
4 September 1989).
Political parties and leaders: People's United Party (PUP),
George Price, Florencio Marin, Said Musa; United Democratic
Party (UDP), Manuel Esquivel, Curl Thompson, Dean Barrow;
Belize Popular Party (BPP), Louis Sylvestre.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: National Assembly--last held 4 September 1989
(next to be held September 1994); results--percent of vote
by party NA; seats--(28 total) PUP 15 seats, UDP 13 seats;
note--in January 1990 one member expelled from UDP joined
PUP, making the seat count 16 PUP, UDP 12.
Communists: negligible.
Other political or pressure groups: Society for the Promotion
of Education and Research (SPEAR) headed by former PUP minister;
United Workers Front.
Member of: ACP, CARICOM, CDB, Commonwealth, FAO, GATT, IBRD, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, G-77, ISO, ITU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Edward A. LAING; Chancery
at Suite 2J, 3400 International Drive NW, Washington DC
20008; telephone (202) 363-4505; US--Ambassador Robert G.
RICH, Jr.; Embassy at Gabourel Lane and Hutson Street, Belize
City (mailing address is P.O. Box 286, Belize City); telephone
[501] 77161 through 77163.
Flag: blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the
bottom edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the
coat of arms; the coat of arms features a shield flanked
by two workers with a mahogany tree at the top and the related
motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I Flourish in the Shade) on a scroll
at the bottom, all encircled by a green garland.