{{Short description|Belizean politician}} thumb|Peyrefitte in 2017 '''Michael George Peyrefitte'''<ref>{{cite news |title=UDP names its candidates for constituency conventions {{!}} Amandala Newspaper |url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/udp-names-candidates-constituency-conventions/ |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=Amandala |date=4 July 2018}}</ref> is a Belizean attorney and politician.
Peyrefitte studied at UWI Cave Hill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Belizean Students Speak About Life & School in Barbados |url=https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/125673 |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=Channel 5 Belize |date=25 February 2016}}</ref> He stood as a UDP candidate in the 2008 election, coming within 16 votes of unseating Francis Fonseca in Freetown.<ref>{{cite news |title=In With the Red; Out With the Blue! |url=https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=10419&frmsrch=1 |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=7 News Belize |date=8 February 2008}}</ref>
From 2012 to 2017, Peyrefitte served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize. In 2017, he was appointed Attorney General.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cowo |first1=Janelle |title=Outgoing Speaker of the House Sworn-in as New Attorney General |url=https://www.sanpedrosun.com/government/2017/01/03/outgoing-speaker-house-sworn-new-attorney-general/ |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=The San Pedro Sun |date=3 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He was at the same time appointed as a Senator for the UDP.<ref>{{cite news |title=Retreage Rolls, Causing Another Cabinet Shakeup |url=https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=38697&frmsrch=1 |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=7 News Belize |date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
In 2020, Peyrefitte was reappointed as a Senator for the UDP.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-11|title=Senate goes first in the inaugural session of 13th National Assembly|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/12/11/senate-goes-first-in-the-inaugural-session-of-13th-national-assembly/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Breaking Belize News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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