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Dean Oliver Barrow (born March 2, 1951) is a Belizean lawyer and politician and the leader of the United Democratic Party. He served as foreign minister from 1993-1998 and is currently Belize's leader of the opposition. March 2 is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The United Democratic Party is the main opposition political party in Belize. ... The Leader of the Opposition of Belize is an elected official who, according to the Constitution, commands the support of those elected officials that do not support the Government. ... Barrow is an attorney by trade. He has five children, the oldest of whom is jailed rapper Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow born November 8, 1978. Moses Michael Leviy (born Jamal Barrow on November 8, 1978), best known as Shyne, is a Belizean-American rapper. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... [edit] Political career In 1983 Barrow entered electoral politics as a candidate for Belize City Council elections in December of 1983, which he won. He then participated in general elections of December 1984 as a candidate for the Queen's Square electoral division against, ironically, current fellow MP Ralph Fonseca. Barrow defeated Fonseca handily and was nominated to Cabinet as Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs in addition to being Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel's deputy. A legislative election was held in Belize on 14 December 1984. ... Ralph Henry Fonseca (b. ... In the 1989 general election, Barrow defeated Thomas Greenwood but his party lost the election. Barrow continued as Deputy Party Leader to Manuel Esquivel and in his law practice. In 1993, Barrow won his third straight general election, over Juliet Soberanis, and returned to Cabinet in the posts he held from the previous administration in addition to Minister of National Security. His detractors called him "Minister of Everything" during this period because he appeared at most major functions on behalf of the UDP government. A legislative election was held in Belize on 4 September 1989. ... The Right Honourable Manuel Esquivel was Prime Minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. ... After the 1998 elections loss in which he was one of only three representatives who retained a seat for the UDP, Barrow was elevated to Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition, replacing Manuel Esquivel. Barrow has presided over the smallest Oppositions (3 and 7 respectively) in the House of Representatives since 1974 and ever in the UDP's history. His main job is to offer criticism of Government policy. Barrow has won his last two elections by close margins over fellow attorney Richard "Dickie" Bradley and is favored to win more comfortably in 2008. A legislative election was held in Belize on 27 August 1998. ... [edit] Legal career Dean Barrow, a senior counsel, is also considered one of Belize's more successful attorneys and has appeared in several high profile cases. He is senior partner in the local law firm Barrow and Williams (with Rodwell Williams), and frequently appears in court to argue sensitive cases. Among his more controversial clients is Lord Michael Ashcroft and the business he is in charge of, particularly the Belize Bank and BTL. Sir Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG, is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... The term Below the line or Below-the-line can refer to: Below the line, an accounting term used in film or movie production Below the line, an advertising strategy In contract bridge points that count toward the 100 points needed to win the game are recorded below the line... Preceded by Manuel Esquivel Leader of the Opposition 1998-present Succeeded by incumbent Preceded by Manuel Esquivel Party Leader, United Democratic Party 1998-present Succeeded by incumbent Preceded by position created Area Representative, Queen's Square 1984-present Succeeded by incumbent Categories: 1951 births | Living people | Belizean people | Belizean politicians | Lawyers | United Democratic Party (Belize) The Right Honourable Manuel Esquivel was Prime Minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. ... The Leader of the Opposition of Belize is an elected official who, according to the Constitution, commands the support of those elected officials that do not support the Government. ... The Right Honourable Manuel Esquivel was Prime Minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. ... The United Democratic Party is the main opposition political party in Belize. ... Belizes 6 districts are divided into 31 constituencies. ...

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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: David C. Barrow Jr. (1852-1929) (864 words) Barrow was educated at the University of Georgia, receiving both a B.S. and a degree in engineering in 1874. When Barrow retired in 1925, the university had become a modern institution, with an established college of agriculture, much-strengthened versions of the 1906 schools, new schools of education, commerce, and journalism, and a structured graduate school. Barrow's name survives in Barrow County, in an Athens elementary school and an Athens street, and at the University of Georgia in Barrow Hall and the David C. Barrow Chair of Mathematics. PUP “WAPS” UDP AGAIN (899 words) Barrow in 1998 by coming within 47 votes of defeating him as a last-minute candidate, Dean Oliver was perhaps the victim of his own fear and ego. Barrow, desperately fighting for political survival inside a division that he considered his domain foraged out only briefly to make in his own words “whistle stop” tours of the 28 other divisions in Belize to campaign for his candidates and party. Barrow was mulling a change in divisions, taking over an easier-to-win electoral area so as to have more time for campaign stomping and to have a “clear head” to guide his party to victory.
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