Marcial Mes ( – May 26, 2014) was a
Belize
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an politician and a member of the
People's United Party
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. He was elected to
parliament
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in 1998, representing the
Toledo West constituency.
Mes served as Minister of Rural Development and Culture from 1998 to 2001, Minister of Rural Development from 2001 until 2003, and Minister of Human Development, Local Government, and Labour, from 2003 until 2005.
In 2007, Mes was briefly suspended from his duties at the Minister of States in the Ministry of National Development, due to a charge of a hit-and-run accident but the case did not go to court and Mes was restored to his post.
On May 26, 2014, Mes died in a road traffic accident in rural Toledo District.
[Jones, Patric]
Former government minister killed in traffic accident.
"Breaking Belize News (Belize Media Group News)." 26 May 2014 (retrieved 26 May 2014) He was 64.
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1949 births
2014 deaths
Belizean Maya people
People's United Party politicians
Government ministers of Belize
Members of the Belize House of Representatives for Toledo West
Road incident deaths in Belize
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