predecessor successor nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
sam rhaburn edmond castro belizean people 's united party member rural north of the belize house of representatives for belize 1940 30 june 1993 maxwell samuels
 7 february 2008 maxwell samuels
maxwell samuels

maxwell ewing samuels -lrb- born 1940 -rrb- is a belizean politician and a member of the people 's united party .
he represented the belize rural north constituency of belize district in the house of representatives of belize from 1993 until 2008 .
a long time law enforcement officer , samuels served as commissioner of police from 1981 until 1986 .
he was first elected to the belize house in 1993 , defeating united democratic party incumbent area rep. sam rhaburn by four votes .
he was re-elected in 1998 and 2003 .
under prime minister said musa samuels served as minister of communications , transport and public utilities until 2005 .
samuels was not a candidate for re-election in 2008 .
