Which position did George Cadle Price hold from Sep 1989 to Nov 1996?
George Cadle Price George Cadle Price , PC , OCC ( 15 January 191919 September 2011 ) , was a Belizean statesman who served twice as the head of government of Belize from 1961–1984 and 1989–1993 . He served as First Minister and Premier under British rule until independence in 1981 and was the nations first prime minister after independence that year . He is considered to have been one of the principal architects of Belizean independence . Today he is referred to by many as the Father of the Nation . Price effectively dominated Belizean politics from the early 1960s until his 1996 retirement from party leadership , serving as the nations head of government under various titles for most of that period . He entered politics in 1947 with his election to the Belize City Council . In 1949 , with the devaluation of the British Honduran dollar he , together with a group of citizens , formed the Peoples Committee . It was the start of the peaceful , constructive Belizean revolution . On 29 September 1950 , he co-founded the Peoples United Party , which he led for four decades and which was devoted to the political and economic independence of the British colony , then known as British Honduras . Early life and education . George Price was born in Belize City in what was then British Honduras , to William and Irene ( née Escalante ) Price . He had eight sisters and two brothers . Price received his early education at Holy Redeemer Primary School and St . Johns College High School ( SJC ) . He survived the hurricane of 1931 which destroyed SJC at Loyola Park , swimming away from the wreckage . Under the Jesuits he was exposed to the teachings of Catholic social justice , in particular the encyclical Rerum novarum . Upon graduation , the young Price felt a call to the priesthood , so he went to study abroad , first attending the Saint Augustines Minor Seminary in Mississippi , United States , and later the Mayor Seminario Conciliar in Guatemala City . Throughout his life Price remained a devout Roman Catholic and attended Mass daily . The war in Europe prevented him from completing his studies in Rome and , instead , George Price returned to Belize . He was hired by local businessman Robert Sidney Turton as his private secretary . Price also contributed to the Belize Billboard , then run by Philip Goldson . Political career . After receiving encouragement from Turton , Price ran for election to the Belize City Council in 1944 and 1947 , being successful in 1947 . Upon the formation of the Peoples Committee ( PC ) in 1950 , Price was named its Assistant Secretary , and in a famous speech later that year claimed that National Unity propelled the PCs actions . With the formation of the PUP , Prices stature rose and he ascended through the party ranks until he became Party Leader following a leadership dispute in 1956 . Elected to the colonys newly created Legislative Assembly in 1954 , he also served as mayor of Belize City from 1956 to 1962 . In 1956 , Price became party leader of the PUP . As First Minister , a post he held since 1961 , he led the team which began negotiations over independence with The United Kingdom . He maintained that post as Premier in 1964 . In 1981 Belize gained its independence , and Price served as the countrys first prime minister and foreign minister until 1984 . The PUP was defeated in the elections by the United Democratic Party under Manuel Esquivel , with Price unexpectedly losing his own House of Representatives seat to a political newcomer . Price continued to lead the PUP from outside the National Assembly while Florencio Marin became Leader of the Opposition . Price resumed the post of prime minister after successfully returning to the House in the 1989 election , serving until 1993 , when he was again succeeded by Esquivel . In October 1996 he announced his resignation as party leader , and on 10 November 1996 was formally succeeded by Said Musa . Price remained a member of the Belize House until the 2003 election . Honours . In September 2000 , Price became the first person to receive Belizes highest honour , the Order of National Hero , for the prominent role he played in leading his country to independence . He has received similar honours in other Caribbean and Central American countries . In 1982 , he was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom . Death . Price died on 19 September 2011 , at the age of 92 . Almost 30 years earlier he united the people of Belize in the struggle for independence . Now , for one last time Price united all people of Belize , this time in mourning the death of their Father of the Nation . On 26 September 2011 , a state funeral was held . Price was laid to rest at the Lords Ridge Cemetery in Belize City .