List of heads of state of Belize

First Mexican Empire (1821–1823)

First Regency

After the end of the Mexican War of Independence, a Provisional Board of Governing consisting of thirty-four persons was set up. The Board decreed and signed the Declaration of Independence and appointed a regency composed of six people.

Members[1] Term of office
Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office
Juan O'Donojú 28 September 1821 8 October 1821
(died)		 10 days
Agustín de Iturbide 28 September 1821 11 April 1822 195 days
Manuel de la Barcéna 28 September 1821 11 April 1822
José Isidro Yañez 28 September 1821 11 April 1822
Manuel Velázquez de León 28 September 1821 11 April 1822
Antonio Pérez Martínez 9 October 1821 11 April 1822 184 days

Second Regency

Members Term of office
Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office
Agustín de Iturbide 11 April 1822 18 May 1822 37 days
José Isidro Yañez 11 April 1822 18 May 1822
Miguel Valentín 11 April 1822 18 May 1822
Manuel de Heras 11 April 1822 18 May 1822
Nicolás Bravo 11 April 1822 18 May 1822

Monarchy of Agustín I

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Reign Royal house Coat of arms
Reign start Reign end Duration
Agustín I
(1783–1824)		 19 May 1822 19 March 1823 304 days Iturbide

Provisional Government (1823–1824)

The Provisional Government of 1823–1824 was an organization that served as the Executive in the government of Mexico after the abdication of Agustín I, monarch of Mexican Empire in 1823.[2] The provisional government was responsible for convening the body that created the Federal Republic and existed from 1 April 1823 to 10 October 1824.[3]

Head of State[4][5][6] Term of office
Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office
Nicolás Bravo 31 March 1823 10 October 1824 1 year, 193 days
Guadalupe Victoria 31 March 1823 10 October 1824
Pedro Celestino Negrete 31 March 1823 10 October 1824
José Mariano Michelena 1 April 1823 10 October 1824 1 year, 192 days
Miguel Domínguez 1 April 1823 10 October 1824
Vicente Guerrero 1 April 1823 10 October 1824
Captain General Assumed office Left office Time in office
1
A headshot painting of a man (Gabino Gaínza) in 19th-century military uniform
Gabino Gaínza
 Gabino Gaínza
(1753–1829)		 5 January 1822 23 June 1822 169 days
2
A headshot sketch of a man (Vicente Filísola) in 19th-century military uniform
Vicente Filísola
 Vicente Filísola
(1785–1850)		 23 June 1822 26 November 1822 156 days
3
A headshot painting of a man (Felipe Codallos) in 19th-century military uniform
Felipe Codallos
 Felipe Codallos
(1790–1849)		 26 November 1822 7 March 1823 101 days
4
A headshot sketch of a man (Vicente Filísola) in 19th-century military uniform
Vicente Filísola
 Vicente Filísola
(1785–1850)		 7 March 1823 1 July 1823 116 days

Guatemala

Political chief Assumed office Left office Time in office Ref.
1 Gabino Gaínza 5 January 1822 23 June 1822 169 days [7][8]
2 Vicente Filísola 23 June 1822 1 July 1823 1 year and 8 days

Heads of state

Superior Political Chiefs

No Portrait Head of State Term of office Party
Took officeLeft office Time in office
1 Gabino Gaínza 15 September 1821 5 January 1822 112 days Independent
Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823)
2 José Matías Delgado 1 July 1823 10 July 1823 9 days Independent

First Triumvirate

No Portrait Head of State Term of office Party
Took officeLeft office Time in office
1 Pedro Molina Mazariegos 10 July 1823 4 October 1823 86 days Liberal
2 Antonio Rivera Cabezas Liberal
3 Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz Liberal

Second Triumvirate

No Portrait Head of State Term of office Party
Took officeLeft office Time in office
1 Tomas O'Horan 4 October 1823 29 April 1825 1 year and 207 days Independent
2 José Santiago Milla Pineda Arriaga 4 October 1823 5 February 1824 124 days Independent
3 Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz 6 October 1823 15 March 1824 161 days Liberal
4 José Cecilio del Valle 5 February 1824 29 April 1825 1 year and 83 days Conservative
5 Manuel José Arce 15 March 1824 20 October 1824 219 days Liberal
6 José Manuel de la Cerda y Aguilar 20 October 1824 29 April 1825 191 days Independent

Presidents

Political parties

  Conservative
  Liberal

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political affiliation Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
—
José Cecilio del Valle
José Cecilio del Valle
 José Cecilio del Valle
(1780–1834)		 1825 Election nullified by the Federal Congress Conservative [9]
1
Manuel José Arce
Manuel José Arce
 Manuel José Arce
(1787–1847)		 1825 29 April 1825 14 February 1828 2 years and 291 days Liberal [10]
–
Mariano Beltranena y Llano
Mariano Beltranena y Llano
 Mariano Beltranena y Llano
(1781–1866)
Interim President		 – 14 February 1828 13 April 1829 1 year and 58 days Conservative [11]
–
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
 Francisco Morazán
(1792–1842)
De Facto President		 – 13 April 1829 25 June 1829 73 days Liberal [12]
–
José Francisco Barrundia
José Francisco Barrundia
 José Francisco Barrundia
(1787–1854)
Interim President		 – 25 June 1829 16 September 1830 1 year and 81 days Liberal
2
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
 Francisco Morazán
(1792–1842)		 1830 16 September 1830 16 September 1834 4 years and 0 days Liberal
–
José Cecilio del Valle
José Cecilio del Valle
 José Cecilio del Valle
(1780–1834)		 1833 Died in 1834 before assuming office Conservative
–
José Gregorio Salazar
José Gregorio Salazar
 José Gregorio Salazar
(1773–1838)
Interim President		 – 16 September 1834 14 February 1835 151 days Liberal
2
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
 Francisco Morazán
(1792–1842)		 1835 14 February 1835 1 February 1839 3 years and 352 days Liberal
–
Diego Vigil y Cocaña
Diego Vigil y Cocaña
 Diego Vigil y Cocaña
(1799–1845)
Interim President		 – 1 February 1839 31 March 1840 1 year and 59 days Liberal

[13] This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica, and administered by a Superintendent. After this it was a colony in its own right, and administered by a Lieutenant Governor, still subordinate to Jamaica. In 1884, the colony gained its own governor, independent of Jamaica.

In 1973 the colony's name was changed to Belize and in 1981 it gained independence. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

Superintendents of British Honduras (1749–1862)

  • Robert Hodgson, Sr., 1749–1758
  • Richard Jones, 1758–1760
  • Joseph Otway, 1760–1767
  • Robert Hodgson, Jr., 1767–1775
  • John Ferguson, 1776
  • James Lawrie, 1776–10 March 1787
  • Edward Marcus Despard, 1787 – June 1790
  • Lt Gen Peter Hunter (acting), June 1790 – March 1791
  • Thomas Potts (chief magistrate), March 1791 – January 1797
  • Thomas Barrow, January 1797 – 1800, first time
  • Richard Basset, 1800–1802
  • Thomas Barrow, January 1803 – 1805, second time
  • Gabriel Gordon, 1805–1806
  • Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton, 1806–1809
  • John Nugent Smyth, 1809–1814
  • Sir George Arthur, 1814–1822
  • Allan Hampden Pye, 1822–1823
  • Edward Codd, 1823–1829
  • Alexander MacDonald, 1829–1830, first time
  • Sir Francis Cockburn, 1830–1837
  • Alexander MacDonald, 1837–1843, second time
  • Charles St. John Fancourt, 1843–1851
  • Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse, 1851–1854
  • Sir William Stevenson, 1854–1857
  • Frederick Seymour, 1857–1862

Lieutenant Governors of British Honduras (1862–1884)

In 1862, the territory became a crown colony, and was subsequently administered by a Lieutenant Governor, subordinate to the Governor of Jamaica.

  • Frederick Seymour, 1862–1864, continued
  • John Gardiner Austin, 1864–1867
  • Sir James Robert Longden, 1867–1870
  • Sir William Wellington Cairns, 1870–1874
  • Sir Robert Miller Mundy, 1874–1877
  • Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee, 1877–1883
  • Col Sir Robert William Harley, 13 May 1883 – 1884

Governors of British Honduras (1884–1973)

In 1884, the colony was severed from its dependency to Jamaica and gained its own Governor.

  • Sir Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, 1884–1891
  • Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney, 1891–1897
  • Sir David Wilson, 1897–1904
  • Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott, 15 April 1904 – 1906
  • Sir Eric John Eagles Swayne, 13 August 1906 – 9 May 1913
  • Sir Wilfred Collet 19 May 1913 – January 1918
  • William Hart-Bennett, 29 January 1918 – 4 September 1918
  • Sir Eyre Hutson, 22 March 1919 – 1925
  • Sir John Alder Burdon, 16 April 1925 – 1932
  • Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster, 9 March 1932 – 1934
  • Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 2 November 1934 – 1939
  • Sir John Adams Hunter, 24 February 1940 – 1 July 1946
  • Sir Arthur Norman Wolffsohn, 1 July 1946 – 14 January 1947, acting
  • Sir Edward Gerald Hawkesworth, 14 January 1947 – 1948
  • Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey, 28 February 1949 – 1952
  • Sir Patrick Muir Renison, 21 October 1952 – 1955
  • Sir Colin Hardwick Thornley, 17 January 1956 – 1961
  • Sir Peter Hyla Gawne Stallard, 9 December 1961 – 1966
  • Sir John Warburton Paul, 11 July 1966 – January 1972
  • Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 26 January 1972 – 31 May 1973

Governors of Belize (1973–1981)

On 1 June 1973, the colony of British Honduras was renamed Belize.

  • Sir Richard Neil Posnett, 1 June 1973 – 1976, continued
  • Peter Donovan McEntee, 1 June 1976 – 1980
  • Sir James Hennessy, 1980 – 21 September 1981

On 21 September 1981 Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom. For viceroys of Belize after independence, see Governor-General of Belize.

Monarch (1981–present)

The succession to the throne is the same as the succession to the British throne.

No. Portrait Monarch
(Birth–Death)		 Reign Royal House Prime minister(s)
Reign start Reign end Duration
1 Queen Elizabeth II
(1926–2022)		 21 September 1981 8 September 2022 40 years, 352 days Windsor Price
Esquivel
Price
Esquivel
Musa
Barrow
Briceño
2 King Charles III
(born 1948)		 8 September 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 294 days Windsor Briceño

List of governors-general

Following is a list of people who have served as Governor-General of Belize since independence in 1981.

  Denotes Acting Governors-General
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Dame Elmira Minita Gordon
(1930–2021)		 21 September
1981		 17 November
1993		 12 years, 57 days
Elizabeth II
(1981–2022)
2 Sir Colville Young
(b. 1932)		 17 November
1993		 30 April
2021		 27 years, 164 days
– Stuart Leslie
(b. ?)
Acting Governor-General		 30 April
2021		 27 May
2021		 27 days
3 Dame Froyla Tzalam
(b. ?)		 27 May
2021		 Incumbent 5 years, 33 days

Charles III
(2022–present)

References

  1. ↑ "El viajero en México: Ó sea la capital de la República, encerrada en un libro". Open Library. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  2. ↑ INEHRM Secretaría de Gobernación Archived 25 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "El Viajero en México (Pág. 30)" (PDF). CDigital. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Decreto. Nombramiento de los individuos que han de componer el poder ejecutivo" (in Spanish). 500 años de México en documentos. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Decreto. Nombramiento de suplentes para el supremo poder ejecutivo" (in Spanish). 500 años de México en documentos. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Vicente Guerrero, 1782-1831" (in Spanish). Gobierno Federal. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Ayala Benítez 2007, p. 145.
  8. ↑ Kenyon 1961, pp. 191–192.
  9. ↑ Ulloa 2014, p. 171.
  10. ↑ Marure 1895, pp. 27 & 45.
  11. ↑ Peloso & Tenenbaum 1996, p. 71.
  12. ↑ Chamorro Cardenal 1951, pp. 258 & 266.
  13. ↑ Belize Advertiser, 1839/41
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.