Anthony Martinez (politician)

Anthony "Boots" Martinez

Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Port Loyola
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 March 2003
Preceded by	Dolores Balderamos-García
Personal details
Nationality	Belizean
Political party	United Democratic Party

Anthony "Boots" Martinez is a Belizean politician. A member of the United Democratic Party, Martinez was first elected to the Belize House of Representatives from the Southside Belize City-based Port Loyola constituency in 2003 after an unsuccessful 1998 campaign. He served as Minister of Public Works from 2008 to 2012 under Prime Minister Dean Barrow.^[1] After the UDP government was re-elected in 2012 Martinez became Minister of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation.

Martinez was the 1999 UDP nominee for Mayor of Belize City, but was defeated by David Fonseca of the People's United Party.^[2] Martinez is also known to have several houses and estate in Belize.

References

↑ World leaders Belize from CIA factbook
↑ Palacio, I. Myrtle. "A Review of Municipal Elections In Post-independent Belize", 2009. (accessed 5 May 2015)

Current Members of the Belize House of Representatives

National Assembly (2012) Speaker: Michael Peyrefitte Prime Minister: Dean Barrow (UDP) Deputy Prime Minister: Gaspar Vega (UDP) Leader of the Opposition: Francis Fonseca (PUP)

Belize District	Albert: Herman R. Longsworth (UDP) Belize Rural Central: Dolores Balderamos-García (PUP) Belize Rural North: Edmond Castro (UDP) Belize Rural South: Manuel Heredia (UDP) Caribbean Shores: Santino Castillo (UDP) Collet: Patrick Faber (UDP) Fort George: Said Musa (PUP) Freetown: Francis Fonseca (PUP) Lake Independence: Mark King (UDP) Mesopotamia: Michael Finnegan (UDP) Pickstock: Wilfred Elrington (UDP) Port Loyola: Anthony Martinez (UDP) Queen's Square: Dean Barrow (UDP)

Cayo District	Belmopan: John Saldivar (UDP) Cayo Central: Rene Montero (UDP) Cayo North: Omar Figueroa (UDP) Cayo North East: Elvin Penner (UDP) Cayo South: Julius Espat (PUP) Cayo West: Erwin Contreras (UDP)

Corozal District	Corozal Bay: Pablo Marin (UDP) Corozal North: Hugo Amilcar Patt (UDP) Corozal South East: Florencio Julian Marin (PUP) Corozal South West: Ramiro Ramirez (PUP)

Orange Walk District	Orange Walk Central: Johnny Briceño (PUP) Orange Walk East: Marco Tulio Mendez (PUP) Orange Walk North: Gaspar Vega (UDP) Orange Walk South: Jose Abelardo Mai (PUP)

Stann Creek District	Dangriga: Frank Mena (UDP) Stann Creek West: Rodwell Ferguson (PUP)

Toledo District	Toledo East: Michael Espat (PUP) Toledo West: Oscar Requena (PUP)

UDP (19) PUP (12) National Assembly House of Representatives Senate

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