Dean Oliver Barrow (born 2 March 1951) who has been Prime Minister of Belize since 2008.
He is also the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) since 1998.
An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was Leader of the Opposition from 1998 until the UDP won the February 2008 election.
Barrow started his first term as Prime Minister after victory in the 2008 election.
He started his second term after the UDP again won an election on 7 March 2012.
He started his third term when the UDP won again on 4 November 2015.
Barrow was born and raised in Belize City, British Honduras, and received an economics and political degree from the University of Miami.