Johnny Briceño

About

John Antonio Briceño (born 17 July 1960) is a Belizean politician who has served as the fifth and current prime minister of Belize since 2020 and the leader of the People’s United Party (PUP) since 2016. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2020. From 1998 to 2007, he served as the deputy prime minister under Prime Minister Said Musa.

== Early life and education ==
Briceño was born in Orange Walk Town, British Honduras, on 17 July 1960. His father Elijio Briceño was a government minister in the 1980s, but in 1985 was convicted of conspiring to smuggle marijuana and cocaine into the United States, with the indictment naming a brother and a nephew as co-conspirators; in September 1985, his father was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Briceño graduated from Muffles College in 1978. He earned an associate degree in business administration from St. John’s College in 1980, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985.
In 1990, Briceño and his brother Jaime founded Centaur Communications, a cable television provider which later branched out into Internet service, television news, and radio.

== Career ==
Briceño…