# Michael Peyrefitte

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{{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](/source/Amandala) |date=4 July 2018}}</ref> is a [Belize](/source/Belize)an attorney and politician.

Peyrefitte studied at [UWI Cave Hill](/source/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](/source/Channel_5_Belize) |date=25 February 2016}}</ref> He stood as a [UDP](/source/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize)) candidate in the [2008 election](/source/2008_Belizean_general_election), coming within 16 votes of unseating [Francis Fonseca](/source/Francis_Fonseca) in [Freetown](/source/Freetown_(Belize_House_constituency)).<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](/source/7_News_Belize) |date=8 February 2008}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2017, Peyrefitte served as [Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize](/source/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Belize). In 2017, he was appointed [Attorney General](/source/Attorney-General_of_Belize).<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](/source/The_San_Pedro_Sun) |date=3 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He was at the same time appointed as a [Senator](/source/Senate_(Belize)) 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](/source/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](/source/Breaking_Belize_News)|language=en-US}}</ref>

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