Said Musa

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Image:Belize.said.musa.jpg Said Wilbert Musa (born March 19, 1944) has been Prime Minister of Belize since 1998.

Said Musa was born in San Ignacio of Palestinian descent. He was the fourth of eight children by Hamid and Aurora Musa.

As a boy, Musa attended Saint Andrew's Primary School in San Ignacio. He then attended high school at St. Michael's College in Belize City and later St. John's College Sixth Form. He then studied law at the University of Manchester in England, receiving an Honours Degree in Law in 1966. He returned to Belize the following year, serving as crown counsel and then going into private practice.

He joined the People's United Party (PUP) under George Cadle Price and was elected to the first independent Belizean National Assembly in 1981. He served as Attorney General and Minister for Economic Development from 1981 to 1984 and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education from 1989 to 1993. In the first years of independence, Musa served on the committee that wrote the Belizean Constitution and was part of the delegation that finalized the international boarders of Belize and Guatemala. Said Musa took over leadership of the PUP in 1996 and led the party to victory in elections in 1998 and 2003.

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