<page_title> List of Prime Ministers of Belize </page_title> <section_title> Prime Ministers of Belize (1981–present) </section_title> <table> <cell> Manuel Esquivel (1940–) <col_header> Prime Minister </col_header> <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 17 December 1984 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <col_header> Left Office </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 7 September 1989 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <col_header> Time in office </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> United Democratic Party <col_header> Political Party (at time of election) </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Manuel Esquivel (1940–) <col_header> Prime Minister </col_header> <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <row_header> (2) </row_header> </cell> <cell> 3 July 1993 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <col_header> Left Office </col_header> <row_header> (2) </row_header> </cell> <cell> 28 August 1998 <col_header> Term of Office </col_header> <col_header> Time in office </col_header> <row_header> (2) </row_header> </cell> <cell> United Democratic Party <col_header> Political Party (at time of election) </col_header> <row_header> (2) </row_header> </cell> </table>
As leader of the United Democratic Party, Manuel Esquivel served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989 and then again from 1993 to 1998.