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Belize Prime Minister Names New Cabinet

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - March 19, 2012

Above: Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Returning Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow has named his new cabinet, following his re-election in the country’s March 7 vote.

Barrow’s Deputy Prime Minister will be Gaspar Vega, joined by Trade and Investment Minister Erwin Contreras.

Barrow named 14 Ministers, along with six Ministers of State and 16 Ministerial Chief Executive Officers.

See the remainder of the list below:

Sen. Liselle Alamilla (Forestry, Fisheries, Sustainable Development and Indigenous People)

Sen. Joy Grant (Energy, Science and Technology and Public Utilities)

Wilfred Elrington (Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs)

John Saldivar (National Security)

Michael Finnegan (Housing and Urban Development)

Rene Montero (Works and Transport)

Manuel Heredia (Tourism and Culture)

Pablo Marin (Health)

Sen. Godwin Hulse (Labour, Local Government, Rural Development and NEMO)

Sen. Charles Gibson (Public Service and Elections and Boundaries)

Anthony “Boots” Martinez (Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation

Patrick Faber (Education, Youth and Sports)

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