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Preceded by
  
Nationality
  
Belizean

Succeeded by
  

Preceded by
  
Alexander Hunter

Succeeded by
  
Said Musa

Name
  
Dean Lindo


Born
  
4 September 1932 (age 92) Belize City, British Honduras(now Belize) (
1932-09-04
)

Political party
  

A Giant in the U.D.P. Passes; Dean Lindo Dead at 86


Dean Russell Lindo (born 4 September 1932) is a Belizean attorney and former politician. He was one of the principal founders of the United Democratic Party in 1973 and served as its leader from 1974 to 1979.

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Lindo is a graduate of New York University and Durham University in England. He is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and has practiced law in Belize since 1964.

Lindo first ran for the Belize House in the Belize City-based Fort George constituency as a member of the National Independence Party in 1969, but lost to the People's United Party incumbent, Alexander Hunter. Lindo was elected from Fort George in 1974, defeating PUP nominee Said Musa by 46 votes.

In 1979, Lindo lost his seat to Musa by a margin of 71 votes and was succeeded as UDP leader by Theodore Aranda.

Lindo regained the Fort George seat in 1984, defeating Musa by a margin of 57 votes, but lost again to Musa in the 1989 election by a margin of 449 votes. He subsequently left active politics. He maintains a law office in Belize City and acts as a consultant to the UDP.

DR DEAN LINDO STATE FUNERAL BELIZE 2018


Family

Lindo is the maternal uncle of current UDP leader and Prime Minister Dean Barrow.

References

Dean Lindo Wikipedia


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