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Dean Barrow | |
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![]() Barrow in 2013 | |
4th Prime Minister of Belize | |
In office 8 February 2008 – 12 November 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor‑General | Sir Colville Young |
Deputy | Gaspar Vega (2008–2016) Patrick Faber (2016–2020)[1] Hugo Patt (2020–2020) |
Preceded by | Said Musa |
Succeeded by | Johnny Briceño |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 30 August 1998 – 8 February 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Said Musa |
Preceded by | Said Musa |
Succeeded by | Johnny Briceño |
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Queen's Square | |
In office 14 December 1984 – 12 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Denise Barrow |
Personal details | |
Born | Dean Oliver Barrow 2 March 1951 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize) |
Political party | United Democratic Party (1984–present) |
Spouse(s) | Lois Young (before 2009) Kim Simplis (2009–present) |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies at Cave Hill Norman Manley Law School University of Miami |
Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as the fourth prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party.
An attorney by profession, Barrow served as Belize's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was Leader of the Opposition from 1998 until the UDP won the February 2008 election. Barrow was elected to his first term as prime minister in 2008. He started his second term after the UDP again won an election on March 7, 2012 and his third term when the UDP won again on November 4, 2015.
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