[citation needed] He is a grandson of Ebenezer Oliver Buntin Barrow, a district commissioner in British Honduras and officeholder in the National Party.

[2] He attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he graduated with a degree in economics and political science.

In the ensuing election Barrow handily defeated Ralph Fonseca of the People's United Party.

In 1993, Barrow won his third straight general election and returned to the Cabinet in the posts he held from the previous administration in addition to Minister of National Security.

Prior to his retirement in 2020, Barrow was the most senior member of the UDP delegation in the Belize House as well as the Area Representative with the longest tenure of uninterrupted service.

[4] The UDP won a reduced majority in the 2012 general election and Barrow started his second term as Prime Minister on 9 March 2012.

[5] Citing health issues, Barrow initially said he would step down as prime minister no later than the end of 2019 and hinted he could do so earlier.

[6] However, on 18 November 2018, Barrow's Cabinet urged him to remain as Prime Minister of Belize until the 2020 Belizean general election.

[citation needed] Barrow was married a second time 7 February 2009 in Savannah, Georgia to his long-time girlfriend Kim Simplis.

[citation needed] Barrow attended St. Michael's College in Belize and the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill in Barbados (LL.B.