Dean Barrow

Prime Minister of Belize
Incumbent

Assumed office 8 February 2008

Monarch Elizabeth II

Governor General Colville Young

Deputy Gaspar Vega

Preceded by Said Musa

Constituency Queen’s Square

Born 2 March 1951 (age 58)

Political party United Democratic Party

Spouse(s) Kim Simpliss (second marriage)

Profession Lawyer

Dean Oliver Barrow (born March 2, 1951) is a Belizean politician and the Prime Minister of Belize. He is also the leader of the United Democratic Party. An attorney by trade, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was then Leader of the Opposition until the UDP won the February 2008 election. Following his party’s victory in the 2008 election, he became Prime Minister.

Family

Barrow has four children. The oldest is rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow, born November 8, 1978.[1] (Shyne was born out of wedlock; his mother is the sister of Barrow’s longest political colleague, the Hon. Michael Finnegan). His second son is a successful entrepreneur, and runs a small lending institution. His daughter Deanne practices law out of her mother’s [Barrow's first wife Lois Young] firm.
Barrow married for a second time February 7, 2009 (exactly one year after winning the elections that made him Prime Minister) in Savannah, Georgia to his long-time girlfriend Kim Simplis.[2] They have one daughter, Salima.

Education

Barrow attended St. Michael’s College in Belize and the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados (LL.B. 1973); Norman Manley Law School, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica (Certificate of Legal Education, 1975); University of Miami School of Law (L.M., 1981); University of Miami (M.A. International Relations).