Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BELMOPAN103
2008-02-20 21:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Belmopan
Cable title:
BIO -- BELIZE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF
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UNCLAS BELMOPAN 000103
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR WHA/CEN - ROIS BEAL, INR/B
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR BH
SUBJECT: BIO -- BELIZE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GASPAR VEGA
REF: 07 BELMOPAN 0287
UNCLAS BELMOPAN 000103
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR WHA/CEN - ROIS BEAL, INR/B
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR BH
SUBJECT: BIO -- BELIZE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GASPAR VEGA
REF: 07 BELMOPAN 0287
1. Gaspar Vega was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to
cabinet on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is his biography.
Address as: Minister Vega, Mr. Minister
Full Title: The Honorable Gaspar Vega
POB: San Estevan Village, Orange Walk District
2. Education:
Vega graduated from Muffles College, Orange Walk District, Belize in
1975.
3. Employment:
During the late 1970's and early 1980's he worked with Royal Bank of
Canada (now the Belize Bank) in Belize. Subsequently, he lived and
worked in the United States. In 1992 he opened his own dry goods
distribution business in Orange Walk, Belize which he continues to
manage.
4. Political Affiliation:
Vega is a relative new comer to the political arena. He has
nonetheless moved quickly up the ranks of the UDP. In 2005, he
convincingly won the UDP's Orange Walk North Convention and in May
of 2006 he won the Deputy leadership at the party's national
convention.
5. Family:
Vega is married and is the father of five children, three of whom
were born in the United States.
6. Other:
He is fluent in both English and Spanish.
DIETER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR WHA/CEN - ROIS BEAL, INR/B
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PINR BH
SUBJECT: BIO -- BELIZE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GASPAR VEGA
REF: 07 BELMOPAN 0287
1. Gaspar Vega was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to
cabinet on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is his biography.
Address as: Minister Vega, Mr. Minister
Full Title: The Honorable Gaspar Vega
POB: San Estevan Village, Orange Walk District
2. Education:
Vega graduated from Muffles College, Orange Walk District, Belize in
1975.
3. Employment:
During the late 1970's and early 1980's he worked with Royal Bank of
Canada (now the Belize Bank) in Belize. Subsequently, he lived and
worked in the United States. In 1992 he opened his own dry goods
distribution business in Orange Walk, Belize which he continues to
manage.
4. Political Affiliation:
Vega is a relative new comer to the political arena. He has
nonetheless moved quickly up the ranks of the UDP. In 2005, he
convincingly won the UDP's Orange Walk North Convention and in May
of 2006 he won the Deputy leadership at the party's national
convention.
5. Family:
Vega is married and is the father of five children, three of whom
were born in the United States.
6. Other:
He is fluent in both English and Spanish.
DIETER