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Said Musa

b. 1944 · 20th century

Said Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician of the People's United Party who served as prime minister of Belize from 1998 to 2008. One of the generation of leaders who followed independence in 1981, he alternated in power with the United Democratic Party. His governments were marked by economic liberalisation and later by controversy over public debt, and he lost the 2008 election to Dean Barrow.

Said Musa
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