National
Senator (on the advice of civil society bodies)
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Governor-General
- Exact method
- Four of the 13 senators are appointed by the Governor-General, one each on the joint advice of: the Belize Council of Churches and the Evangelical Association of Churches; the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau; the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Civil Society Steering Committee; and non-governmental organisations in good standing (Constitution, s 61, as amended; bodies as listed by Wikipedia).
- Chosen by
- Governor-General
- Seats
- 4
Sources
- 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 civil society bodies)
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