George (Cadle) Price

Politician and prime minister of Belize (1981–4, 1989–93). He studied in Belize City and the USA, was elected to the Belize City Council (1947), and founded the People's United Party (PUP) (1950). Partial self-government was achieved in 1954 and he became prime minister, leading his country (which changed its name from British Honduras in 1973) to full independence in 1981. In 1984 PUP's 30 years of rule ended when the general election was won by the United Democratic Party, but he unexpectedly returned to power in 1989.

The Right Honourable George Cadle Price (born January 15, 1919) was the first Prime Minister of Belize and the architect of that country's independence.

In 1981 Belize gained its independence, and Price served as the country's first prime minister and foreign minister until 1984.

In September 2000, Price became the first person to receive Belize's highest honor, the Order of National Hero, for the prominent role he played in leading his country to independence.

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Belize