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.

MembersTerm of office Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office 100px Juan O'Donojú 28 September 1821 8 October 1821  100px Agustín de Iturbide 28 September 1821 11 April 1822  100px Manuel de la Barcéna 28 September 1821 11 April 1822 100px José Isidro Yañez 28 September 1821 11 April 1822 100px Manuel Velázquez de León 28 September 1821 11 April 1822 100px Antonio Pérez Martínez 9 October 1821 11 April 1822 

 Second Regency 
MembersTerm of office Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office 100px Agustín de Iturbide 11 April 1822 18 May 1822  100px José Isidro Yañez 11 April 1822 18 May 1822 100px Miguel Valentín 11 April 1822 18 May 1822 100px Manuel de Heras11 April 182218 May 1822 100px Nicolás Bravo 11 April 1822 18 May 1822

 Monarchy of Agustín I 

PortraitNameReignRoyal houseCoat of arms Reign start Reign end Duration 110px Agustín I 19 May 1822 19 March 1823  Iturbide 100px
 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.INEHRM Secretaría de Gobernación  The provisional government was responsible for convening the body that created the Federal Republic and existed from 1 April 1823 to 10 October 1824.

Head of StateTerm of office Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office 100px Nicolás Bravo 31 March 1823 10 October 1824  100px Guadalupe Victoria 31 March 1823 10 October 1824 100px Pedro Celestino Negrete 31 March 1823 10 October 1824 100px José Mariano Michelena 1 April 1823 10 October 1824  100px Miguel Domínguez 1 April 1823 10 October 1824 100px Vicente Guerrero 1 April 1823 10 October 1824

 Captain General Assumed office Left office Time in office  80px|center|alt=A headshot painting of a man (Gabino Gaínza) in 19th-century military uniform|Gabino Gaínza Gabino Gaínza 5 January 1822 23 June 1822   80px|center|alt=A headshot sketch of a man (Vicente Filísola) in 19th-century military uniform|Vicente Filísola Vicente Filísola 23 June 1822 26 November 1822   80px|center|alt=A headshot painting of a man (Felipe Codallos) in 19th-century military uniform|Felipe Codallos Felipe Codallos 26 November 1822 7 March 1823   80px|center|alt=A headshot sketch of a man (Vicente Filísola) in 19th-century military uniform|Vicente Filísola Vicente Filísola 7 March 1823 1 July 1823 

 Guatemala 
 Political chief Assumed office Left office Time in office   Gabino Gaínza 5 January 1822 23 June 1822    Vicente Filísola 23 June 1822 1 July 1823 

 Heads of state 
 Superior Political Chiefs 
NoPortraitHead of StateTerm of officeParty Took office  Left officeTime in office150pxGabino Gaínza 15 September 1821  5 January 1822IndependentPart of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823)250pxJosé Matías Delgado 1 July 1823  10 July 1823Independent

 First Triumvirate 
NoPortraitHead of StateTerm of officeParty Took office  Left officeTime in office150pxPedro Molina Mazariegos 10 July 1823  4 October 1823  Liberal250pxAntonio Rivera Cabezas Liberal350pxJuan Vicente Villacorta DíazLiberal

 Second Triumvirate 
NoPortraitHead of StateTerm of officeParty Took office  Left officeTime in office175x75pxTomas O'Horan 4 October 1823  29 April 1825Independent250pxJosé Santiago Milla Pineda Arriaga 4 October 1823  5 February 1824Independent350pxJuan Vicente Villacorta Díaz 6 October 1823  15 March 1824 Liberal450pxJosé Cecilio del Valle 5 February 1824  29 April 1825 Conservative550pxManuel José Arce 15 March 1824  20 October 1824 Liberal661x61pxJosé Manuel de la Cerda y Aguilar 20 October 1824  29 April 1825Independent

 Presidents 
Political parties

  Portrait  Name Elected  Term of office  Political affiliation  Took office Left office Time in office — 80px|center|José Cecilio del Valle José Cecilio del Valle 1825 Election nullified by the Federal Congress Conservative  1 80px|center|Manuel José Arce Manuel José Arce 1825 29 April 1825 14 February 1828  Liberal  – 80px|center|Mariano Beltranena y Llano Mariano Beltranena y Llano – 14 February 1828 13 April 1829  Conservative  – 80px|center|Francisco Morazán Francisco Morazán – 13 April 1829 25 June 1829  Liberal  – 80px|center|José Francisco Barrundia José Francisco Barrundia – 25 June 1829 16 September 1830  Liberal  2 80px|center|Francisco Morazán Francisco Morazán 1830 16 September 1830 16 September 1834  Liberal  – 80px|center|José Cecilio del Valle José Cecilio del Valle 1833 Died in 1834 before assuming office Conservative  – 80px|center|José Gregorio Salazar José Gregorio Salazar – 16 September 1834 14 February 1835  Liberal  2 80px|center|Francisco Morazán Francisco Morazán 1835 14 February 1835 1 February 1839  Liberal  – 80px|center|Diego Vigil y Cocaña Diego Vigil y Cocaña – 1 February 1839 31 March 1840  Liberal 

Belize Advertiser, 1839/41 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.

PortraitMonarchReignRoyal HousePrime minister(s)Reign startReign endDuration 1 60px Queen Elizabeth II  1981  2022  Windsor PriceEsquivelPriceEsquivelMusaBarrowBriceño 2 60px King Charles III  2022   Windsor Briceño

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

  Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Term of office Monarch(Reign)Took officeLeft officeTime in office 1 70px Dame Elmira Minita Gordon 21 September1981 17 November1993 70pxElizabeth II(1981–2022) 2 70px Sir Colville Young 17 November1993 30 April2021  – 70px Stuart Leslie 30 April2021 27 May2021  3 70px Dame Froyla Tzalam 27 May2021Incumbent  70pxCharles III

References

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