Maxwell Samuels

{{Short description|Belizean politician (born 1940)}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

|name = Maxwell Samuels

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|nationality = Belizean

|office1 = Member of the Belize House of Representatives for Belize Rural North

|term_start1 = 30 June 1993

|term_end1 = 7 February 2008

|predecessor1 = Sam Rhaburn

|successor1 = Edmond Castro

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940}}

|birth_place = Belize City, British Honduras

|party = People's United Party

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Maxwell Ewing Samuels (born 18 September 1940 in Belize City) is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He represented the Belize Rural North constituency of Belize District in the House of Representatives of Belize from 1993 until 2008.

A long time law enforcement officer, Samuels served as Commissioner of Police from 1981 until 1986. He was first elected to the Belize House in 1993, defeating United Democratic Party incumbent Area Rep. Sam Rhaburn by four votes.[http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=14&lid=750 General Elections 1993], Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014) He was re-elected in 1998 and 2003. Under Prime Minister Said Musa Samuels served as Minister of Communications, Transport and Public Utilities until 2005. Samuels was not a candidate for re-election in 2008.[http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=87&lid=39 2008 General Elections Final Results ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016094937/http://www.elections.gov.bz/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=87&lid=39 |date=2014-10-16 }}, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 3 December 2014)