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

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