National
Senate
Governs Belize · Part of National Assembly of Belize
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Source: en.wikipedia.org, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Senate
Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- CT Carolyn Trench-Sandiford President of the Senate · since May 2025
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6 senators (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Appointed by the Governor-General
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3 senators (on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition)
Appointed by the Governor-General
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4 senators (on the advice of civil society bodies)
Appointed by the Governor-General
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Senate pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Carolyn Trench-Sandiford as President of the Senate
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en.wikipedia.org · checked - Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister) pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Senator (on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition) pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Senator (on the advice of civil society bodies) pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, House of Representatives (Belize) and National Assembly (Belize), read 2026-10-12: Speaker Valerie Woods; Senate has 13 members; President of the Senate Carolyn Trench-Sandiford (re-elected April 2025 per her Wikipedia article). Fallback: Wikipedia, because nationalassembly.gov.bz is suspended (hosting account) and no official cabinet list was reachable For: Senate
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Belize (1981 text, Political Database of the Americas; later amendments not applied), read 2026-10-12: ss 30, 36-38, 40, 44, 55, 56, 60, 61, 68, 84. Fallback: Belize Laws online not fetched; sizes of the two Houses (31 and 13) are from the amended law as reported by Wikipedia For: Senator (on the advice of the Prime Minister), Senator (on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition), Senator (on the advice of civil society bodies), President of the Senate
- api.data.ipu.org · checked IPU Parline, Belize Senate (BZ-UC01), API record, read 2026-10-12: President of the Senate Carolyn Trench-Sandiford "Elected on 11 Dec. 2020, re-elected on 9 May 2025". Fallback: IPU Parline, because nationalassembly.gov.bz is suspended; consistent with pressoffice.gov.bz 24 Apr 2025 release announcing her nomination for a second term. For: Carolyn Trench-Sandiford as President of the Senate
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, House of Representatives (Belize) and National Assembly (Belize), read 2026-10-12: Speaker Valerie Woods; Senate has 13 members; President of the Senate Carolyn Trench-Sandiford (re-elected April 2025 per her Wikipedia article). Fallback: Wikipedia, because nationalassembly.gov.bz is suspended (hosting account) and no official cabinet list was reachable For: Carolyn Trench-Sandiford as President of the Senate
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