National
President of the Senate
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the Senate when it first convenes after a general election; may be a senator or an outsider who is then a senator by virtue of the office (Constitution, s 61(1)).
- Chosen by
- Senate
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Carolyn Trench-Sandiford since May 2025 Report Source: api.data.ipu.org, checked (+1 more)
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: 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, current term
- 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, current term
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