List of heads of government of Grenada
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Prime Minister of Grenada | |
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since 24 June 2022 | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Precursor | Premier of Grenada |
Inaugural holder | Eric Gairy |
Formation | 7 February 1974 |
Salary | 80,619 Eastern Caribbean dollars/29,859 USD annually[1] |
Administrative divisions (parishes) |
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This is a list of heads of government of Grenada, from the establishment of the office of the chief minister in 1960 to the present day.
List of officeholders
[edit]Political parties and other affiliations
Grenada National Party (GNP)
Grenada United Labour Party (GULP)
New Jewel Movement (NJM)
New National Party (NNP)
- Symbols
† Died in office
Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1957 | January 1960 | March 1961 | 1 year, 59 days | GNP | |
2 | George E. D. Clyne (?–1984) |
1961 | March 1961 | August 1961 | 153 days | GULP | |
3 | Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
— | August 1961 | 19 June 1962 | 322 days | GNP | |
(1) | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1962 | September 1962 | March 1967 | 4 years, 181 days | GNP |
Premiers of the Associated State of Grenada (1967–1974)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
— | March 1967 | August 1967 | 153 days | GNP | |
2 | Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
1967 1972 |
August 1967 | 6 February 1974 | 6 years, 189 days | GULP |
Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–present)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979) | |||||||
1 | Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
1976 | 7 February 1974 | 13 March 1979 (Deposed in a coup)[2] |
5 years, 34 days | GULP | |
Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983) | |||||||
2 | Maurice Bishop (1944–1983) |
— | 13 March 1979 | 14 October 1983 (Deposed in a coup) |
4 years, 215 days | NJM | |
— | Bernard Coard (born 1944) |
— | 14 October 1983 | 19 October 1983 (Deposed in a coup) |
5 days | NJM | |
Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983) | |||||||
— | General Hudson Austin (1938–2022) |
— | 19 October 1983 | 25 October 1983 (Deposed by US invasion) |
6 days | Military / NJM | |
Governor-General of Grenada (1983) | |||||||
— | Sir Paul Scoon (1935–2013) |
— | 25 October 1983 | 9 December 1983 | 45 days | None | |
Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984)[a] | |||||||
3 | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
— | 9 December 1983 | 4 December 1984 | 361 days | Independent[3] | |
Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present) | |||||||
4 | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1984 | 4 December 1984 | 19 December 1989[†] | 5 years, 15 days | NNP | |
5 | Ben Jones (1924–2005) |
— | 20 December 1989 | 16 March 1990 | 86 days | NNP | |
(3) | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
1990 | 16 March 1990 | 1 February 1995 | 4 years, 322 days | NDC | |
6 | George Brizan (1942–2012) |
— | 1 February 1995 | 22 June 1995 | 141 days | NDC | |
7 | Keith Mitchell (born 1946) |
1995 1999 2003 |
22 June 1995 | 9 July 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | NNP | |
8 | Tillman Thomas (born 1947) |
2008 | 9 July 2008 | 20 February 2013 | 4 years, 226 days | NDC | |
(7) | Keith Mitchell (born 1946) |
2013 2018 |
20 February 2013 | 24 June 2022 | 9 years, 124 days | NNP | |
9 | Dickon Mitchell (born 1978) |
2022 | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 163 days | NDC |
See also
[edit]- Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
- Prime Ministers of King Charles III
- List of Commonwealth Heads of Government
- Politics of Grenada
- Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
- Governor-General of Grenada
- List of heads of state of Grenada
- List of Privy Counsellors (1952–2022)
- Leader of the Opposition (Grenada)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Scoon became interim head of government and appointed an advisory council, which in turn named Nicholas Brathwaite as chairman and interim prime minister.
References
[edit]- ^ Government of Grenada. "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2015" (PDF). www.gov.gd.
- ^ DeYoung, Karen (14 March 1979). "Flamboyant Grenada Leader Is reported Ousted in a Coup". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Cody, Edward (24 December 1983). "Grenada's Vacuum Tempts Ex-Leader". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 June 2022.