# Curl Thompson

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{{short description|Belizean politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Curl Thompson
| image            =
| caption          = 
| office1           = [Deputy Prime Minister of Belize](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Belize)
| prime_minister1   = [Manuel Esquivel](/source/Manuel_Esquivel)
| term_start1       = 15 December 1984
| term_end1         = 4 September 1989
| predecessor1      = [Florencio Marin](/source/Florencio_Marin)
| successor1        = [Florencio Marin](/source/Florencio_Marin)
| office2           = [Leader of the Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Belize))
| monarch2          = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| governor_general2 = [Elmira Minita Gordon](/source/Elmira_Minita_Gordon)
| prime_minister2   = [George Cadle Price](/source/George_Cadle_Price)
| term_start2       = January 1983
| term_end2         = 14 December 1984
| predecessor2      = [Theodore Aranda](/source/Theodore_Aranda)
| successor2        = [Florencio Marin](/source/Florencio_Marin)
| office3          = Member of the [Belize House of Representatives](/source/House_of_Representatives_(Belize)) for [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia_(Belize_House_constituency))
| term_start3      = 21 November 1979
| term_end3        = 30 June 1993
| predecessor3     = [C. L. B. Rogers](/source/C._L._B._Rogers)
| successor3       = [Michael Finnegan](/source/Michael_Finnegan_(Belizean_politician))
| birth_date       = 1934
| birth_place      = 
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| party            = [United Democratic Party](/source/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize)) 
}}

'''Curl Osmond Thompson''' was a Belizean politician. Thompson served as an Area Representative in the [Belize House of Representatives](/source/House_of_Representatives_(Belize)) and as the [deputy prime minister](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Belize). He was also interim leader of the [United Democratic Party](/source/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize)) for a brief period in the early 1980s.

== Biography ==
Thompson was born in 1934.<ref name="whoiswho">{{cite book |title=International Yearbook and Stateman's Who's Who |date=1997 |publisher=Bowker-Saur; Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=1857392205}}</ref> He was the UDP's nominee for the Belize House in the [Belize City](/source/Belize_City)-based Mesopotamia constituency in 1974, but was defeated by the [People's United Party](/source/People's_United_Party) incumbent, [C. L. B. Rogers](/source/C._L._B._Rogers). Thompson was elected to the seat in a 1979 rematch. In January 1983 Thompson became [Leader of the Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Belize)) upon [Theodore Aranda](/source/Theodore_Aranda)'s departure from the UDP, serving concurrently as interim party leader until Sen. [Manuel Esquivel](/source/Manuel_Esquivel) was elected as Aranda's permanent replacement, with Thompson becoming deputy party leader. Thompson served as [Deputy Prime Minister](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Belize) and Minister of Home Affairs<ref name="whoiswho" /> during the first Esquivel government from 1984 to 1989.<ref name="udp40">[http://udp.org.bz/who-we-are/our-history/ "The United Democratic Party at 40"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812223111/http://udp.org.bz/who-we-are/our-history/ |date=2014-08-12 }}, [United Democratic Party](/source/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize)). (accessed 31 March 2015)</ref>

Thompson was posthumously awarded the [Order of Belize](/source/Order_of_Belize) in September 2010.<ref name="order">[http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=17831 "Patriots Honoured"], [Tropical Vision Limited](/source/Tropical_Vision_Limited), 17 September 2010. (accessed 31 March 2015)</ref>  Curl Thompson Street in Belize City and the Curl Thompson Building in [Belmopan](/source/Belmopan) are named after him.

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