Curl Osmond Thompson was a Belizean politician. Thompson served as an Area Representative in the Belize House of Representatives and as

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. He was also interim leader of the United Democratic Party for a brief period in the early 1980s.

Biography

Thompson was the UDP's nominee for the Belize House in the

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-based Mesopotamia constituency in 1974, but was defeated by the

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incumbent, C. L. B. Rogers. Thompson was elected to the seat in a 1979 rematch. In January 1983 Thompson became

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upon Theodore Aranda's departure from the UDP, serving concurrently as interim party leader until Sen. Manuel Esquivel was elected as Aranda's permanent replacement, with Thompson becoming deputy party leader. Thompson served as deputy prime minister during the first Esquivel government from 1984 to 1989."The United Democratic Party at 40"
, United Democratic Party. (accessed 31 March 2015) Thompson was posthumously awarded the Order of Belize in September 2010."Patriots Honoured"
Tropical Vision Limited, 17 September 2010. (accessed 31 March 2015) Curl Thompson Street in Belize City and the Curl Thompson Building in

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are named after him.

References

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