Career
Smith was named Attorney-General of Belize in 1999. In 2003 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Emergency Management Organization. Smith defeated Bobby Usher, the nephew of former Prime Minister George Cadle Price, to receive the PUP"s nomination as its candidate for Pickstock constituency in the 2003 election.
Price had represented Pickstock since 1989, a constituency that had always been held by the PUP. This time Smith was defeated, and the PUP lost power in the election.
In August 2004, Smith was part of the G-7 group of ministers who demanded the dismissal of Ralph Fonseca from the Cabinet and resigned when Prime Minister Said Musa did not meet that demand. Later, Smith was re-elected as one of the PUP"s deputy leaders in July 2007.
In April 2006 he gave up the foreign and defense ministries and became minister of tourism, information and emergency management. Godfrey smith was also a writer
He wrote the biography of Honorable George Cadle Price, and is currently writing the biography of a Jamaican government official
Smith was born in Belize City. From 1989 to 1994, he attended the University of the West Indies, where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree. Smith also has a Legal Education Certificate from Norman Manley Law School.
He later received a master of arts in international relations from Tufts University"s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts in 2002.