• Source: Chief Justice of Belize

      • The chief justice of Belize is the head of the Supreme Court of Belize. Under Chapter 7 of the Constitution of Belize, the chief justice is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the prime minister.
      Since the retirement of Kenneth Benjamin in March 2020, Michelle Arana was the acting chief justice of Belize.
      Louise Blenman was appointed to fill the vacancy in September 2022.


      List of chief justices


      The full list as published by the attorney general of Belize:

      Robert Temple Esq., 1843–1861


      = British Honduras (1862-1973)

      =
      Richard J. Connor, 1862
      William Alexander Parker, 1875–1881
      Sir Henry Rawlins Pipon Schooles, 1881 (later Administrator of Grenada, 1887 and Attorney General of Jamaica, 1896)
      William Anthony Musgrave Sheriff, 1883–1886
      Sir William Meigh Goodman, 1886–1889
      Sir William John Anderson, 1890–1900 (afterwards Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, 1900)
      Sir Walter Llewellyn Lewis, 1900–1906
      Frederic Mackenzie Maxwell, 1906–1911 (afterwards Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, 1912)
      Sir Walter Sidney Shaw, 1912–1914
      Sir Robert Blair Roden, 1915–1921
      Herbert Kortright McDonnell Sisnett, 1922–1931
      Charles Wilton Wood Greenidge, 1932–1936
      Sir Arthur Kirwan Agar, 1936–1940
      Sir Carleton George Langley, 1940–1947
      Frederick Malcolm Boland, 1948–1949
      Sir Alfred Victor Crane, 1950–1954
      Erskine Rueul La Tourette Ward, 1955–1957
      Sir Clifford De Lisle Inniss, 1957–1972


      = Belize (1973–)

      =
      Arthur Richard Franklin Dickson, 1973–1974
      Sir Denis Eustace Gilbert Malone, 1974–1979
      Albert L. Staine, CBE, 1979–1982
      George C. R. Moe, QC, 1982–1985
      George N. Brown, acting 1985–1986
      Taufik Cotran, CBE, 1986–1990
      Sir George N. Brown, 1990–1998
      George Singh, 1998
      Manuel Sosa, CBE, SC, 1998–1999
      John Troadio Gonzalez, acting 1999–2000
      Dr. Abdulai Osman Conteh, 2000–2010
      Samuel Awich, acting 2010–2011
      Kenneth Benjamin, 2011-2020
      Michelle Arana, acting 2020-2022
      Louise Blenman, 2022-Present


      References

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