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The United Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Democrático Unido; [6] [7] abbreviated UDP) is one of the two major political parties in Belize.It is currently the main opposition party, having lost the 2020 Belizean general election, after previously holding the government across three prior terms.
When Belize became fully independent and joined in the Commonwealth [2] on September 21, 1981, the two parties UDP (United Democratic Party) and PUP rose in the political scene. [3] This made an effect two-party system. [3] The UDP believes in pro-business and the PUP believes in pro-labour but both are closely centred in the spectrum. [3]
General elections were held in Belize on 11 November 2020 to elect the 31 members of the House of Representatives. [1] Nomination day was 21 October. [2]The People's United Party achieved its first national election victory since 2003, winning 26 seats, while the incumbent United Democratic Party had its worst result since 1998, winning the remaining 5 seats. [3]
United Democratic Party (Belize) politicians (49 P) Pages in category "United Democratic Party (Belize)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
United Democratic Party: 3: Florencio Marin: December 1984: September 1989 People's United Party: 4: Manuel Esquivel: September 1989: July 1993 United Democratic Party: 5: George Cadle Price: July 1993: October 1996 People's United Party: 6: Said Musa (1st time) November 1996: August 1998 People's United Party: 7: Dean Barrow: August 1998 ...
Conservative United Democratic Party led Belize 12 years under Prime Minister Dean Barrow, until general election in November 2020 was won by the opposition centre-left PUP party. The leader of the People’s United Party (PUP) Johnny Briceño, a former deputy prime minister, became the new prime minister of Belize on 13 November 2021. [1] [2]
As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was the first time an opposition party had won a general election in Belize.
As of 8 February 2008, the Government of Belize is controlled by the United Democratic Party (Belize) (UDP) which has a confirmed majority in the House of Representatives after general elections of 7 February 2008. The former government, the People's United Party (PUP) is now in Opposition, after having governed Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 ...