Manuel Esquivel

The Right Honourable Sir Manuel Esquivel KCMG
Esquivel in 1993
2nd Prime Minister of Belize
In office 17 December 1984 – 7 September 1989
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Elmira Minita Gordon
Deputy	Curl Thompson
Preceded by	George Cadle Price
Succeeded by	George Cadle Price
In office 3 July 1993 – 30 August 1998
Governors General	Elmira Minita Gordon Colville Young
Deputy	Dean Barrow
Preceded by	George Cadle Price
Succeeded by	Said Musa
Leader of the Opposition
In office 7 September 1989 – 3 July 1993
Prime Minister	George Cadle Price
Preceded by	Florencio Marin
Succeeded by	George Cadle Price
Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Caribbean Shores
In office 14 December 1984 – 27 August 1998
Preceded by	(constituency created)
Succeeded by	Jose Coye
Personal details
Born	(1940-05-02)2 May 1940 Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize)
Died	10 February 2022(2022-02-10) (aged 81) Belize City, Belize
Political party	United Democratic Party (1973–2022) Liberal Party (1969–1973)
Spouse	Kathleen Levy (m. 1971)
Children	3

Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel KCMG, PC (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was the first time an opposition party had won a general election in Belize.