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Gian Ghandi
Gian Chand Ghandi (also spelled Gandhi; 3 February 1933 – 17 August 2017) was a Belizean lawyer. He served as Belize's Solicitor-General of Belize, Solicitor-General for thirteen years before moving to the Ministry of Economic Development (Belize), Ministry of Economic Development. Career Gian Chand Ghandi was born in Punjab Province (British India) on 3 February 1933. He was the second of five children. His family originally lived in Lyallpur District, but migrated to the Indian side at the time of the Partition of India, Partition. Ghandi moved from London to Belize in 1978 to work as a Crown Counsel. He was appointed to the position of SG under Manuel Esquivel's administration in the mid-1980s. He held this position through four administrations, as power transferred back and forth between Esquivel's United Democratic Party (Belize), United Democratic Party and the opposing People's United Party, leading Great Belize Television to dub him "the capital's ultimate survivor". H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belize
Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. Part of the Caribbean region, Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Commonwealth Caribbean, the historical British West Indies. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BCE and 300 CE and flourished until about 1200. European contact began in 1502–04 when Christopher Columbus sailed along the Gulf of Honduras. European exploration was begun by English settlers in 1638. Spanish Empire, Spain and Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain both laid claim to the land until Britain defeated the Spanish in the Battle of St. George's Caye (1798). It became British Honduras, a British colony in 1840, and a Crown colony in 1862. Belize achieved its independence from the United Kingdom on 21 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |