Dean Lindo

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Dean Lindo
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Fort George
In office
14 December 1984 – 4 September 1989
Preceded bySaid Musa
Succeeded bySaid Musa
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Fort George
In office
30 October 1974 – 21 November 1979
Preceded by
Succeeded bySaid Musa
Personal details
Born
Dean Russel Lindo

(1932-09-04)4 September 1932
Belize City, British Honduras
(now Belize)
Died17 September 2018(2018-09-17) (aged 86)
Belize City, Belize
NationalityBelizean
Political partyUnited Democratic Party
Alma materNew York University
Durham University

Dean Russel Lindo (4 September 1932 – 17 September 2018) was a Belizean attorney and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the United Democratic Party in 1973 and served as its first leader from 1974 to 1979.[1]

Biography[]

Lindo was born on 4 September 1932 in Belize. He was a graduate of New York University and Durham University in England. He was a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and practiced law in Belize beginning in 1964.[2]

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, . 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. After a stint as the Belizean ambassador to the United States,[3] he subsequently left active politics.[4] In his later years he maintained a law office in Belize City and acted as a consultant to the UDP.

Family[]

Lindo is the maternal uncle of former UDP leader and Prime Minister Dean Barrow.[5][3] He is also the uncle of Sandra and Alden Lindo.

Death[]

Lindo died at his Belize City home on 17 September 2018. A funeral service was held at St. John's Cathedral in Belize City on 24 September.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "The United Democratic Party at 40" Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, United Democratic Party. (accessed 18 March 2015)
  2. ^ Belize Law: List of Belize Attorneys At Law, Belize.com. (accessed 19 June 2015)
  3. ^ a b c "Dean Russel Lindo is Laid to Rest", Great Belize Television, 24 September 2018. (accessed 6 October 2018)
  4. ^ Adele Ramos, "Musa and Ralph step down - PUP D-day March 30!" Archived 2010-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, Amandala Online, February 15, 2008.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the party: 2003 and 2015", Amandala, 19 June 2015. (accessed 19 June 2015)


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