RARE "1st Prime Minister of Belize" George Price Hand Signed 3X4 Card For Sale

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George

Cadle Price, PC, OCC (15

January 1919 – 19 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 nation's

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 nation's 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 People's Committee. It was the

start of the "peaceful, constructive Belizean revolution". On 29

September 1950, he co-founded the People's 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.

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.[4] Upon graduation, the young Price felt a call to

the priesthood, so he went to study abroad, first attending the Saint

Augustine's Minor Seminary in Mississippi, United States, and later the Mayor

Seminario Conciliar in Guatemala City. Throughout his life Price remained a

devout Roman 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.