Leader of the Opposition (Belize)

Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
Incumbent Shyne since February 1, 2022
The Opposition National Assembly of Belize
Style	The Honourable
Residence	Belize City, Belize
Appointer	Froyla Tzalam
Term length	While leader of the largest political party in the House of Representatives that is not in government
Inaugural holder	Theodore Aranda
Formation	September 21, 1981
Deputy	Hugo Patt
Website	https://www.udp.org.bz/

The Leader of the Opposition of Belize is the politician who leads the Official Opposition in Belize and also elected official who, according to the Constitution, “commands the support of those elected official that do not support the Government. He/she speaks on behalf of the Opposition Members of Belize’s House of Representative.

List

#	Incumbent	Portrait	Tenure		Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office
1	Theodore Aranda		September 1981	November 1982		United Democratic Party
2	Curl Thompson		January 1983	December 1984		United Democratic Party
3	Florencio Marin		December 1984	September 1989		People's United Party
4	Manuel Esquivel		September 1989	July 1993		United Democratic Party
5	George Cadle Price		July 1993	October 1996		People's United Party
6	Said Musa (1st time)		November 1996	August 1998		People's United Party
7	Dean Barrow		August 1998	February 2008		United Democratic Party
(6)	Said Musa (2nd time)		February 2008	30 March 2008		People's United Party
8	Johnny Briceño (1st time)		April 2008	18 October 2011		People's United Party
9	Francis Fonseca		3 November 2011	6 November 2015		People's United Party
(8)	Johnny Briceño (2nd time)		8 February 2016	November 11, 2020		People's United Party
9	Patrick Faber (1st time)		13 November 2020	24 June 2021		United Democratic Party
10	Moses Barrow (1st time)		24 June 2021	16 September 2021		United Democratic Party
(9)	Patrick Faber (2nd time)		16 September 2021	1 February 2022		United Democratic Party
(10)	Moses Barrow (2nd time)		1 February 2022	Incumbent		United Democratic Party