2022_in_Grenada
2022 in Grenada
Grenada-related events during 2022
See also: 2022 in the Caribbean
Events in the year 2022 in Grenada.
- Monarch: Elizabeth II (until September 8); then Charles III
- Governor-General: Dame Cécile La Grenade
- Prime Minister: Keith Mitchell (until 24 June); Dickon Mitchell onwards
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Grenada
- January 1 – 2022 New Year Honours
- June 23 – 2022 Grenadian general election: Citizens of Grenada head to the polls to vote in a general election.[1]
- June 24 – The oppositional National Democratic Congress wins the majority of seats in Grenada's latest general election. NDC's party leader Dickon Mitchell becomes Grenada's next Prime Minister.[2]
- September 8 – Accession of Charles III as King of Grenada following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[3]
- September 12 – Charles III is officially proclaimed King of Grenada by the Governor-General at Government House in St. George's.[4]
- September 19 – The Governor-General attends the Queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom.[5]
- September 25 – A special commemorative service takes place at the St. George's Anglican Church to mark the passing of Elizabeth II, Queen of Grenada.[6]
- January 1 – Mighty Bomber, 93, calypsonian[7]
- September 8 – Elizabeth II, 96, Queen of Grenada[8]
- September 24 – Hudson Austin, 84, military officer, chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council (1983)[9]
- "Grenada votes in its 2022 general election today | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- "Grenada's Dickon Mitchell leads opposition NDC to election victory | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- "September 12th, 2022 | Prime Minister and team sign book of condolence at GG's residence". Youtube. Government Information Service of Grenada (GIS). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- Straker, Linda (12 September 2022). "Governor General to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral". Newhubsuk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- Connelly, Corey (2022-01-02). "Veteran calypsonian Mighty Bomber dies at 93". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- "Statement on the Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of State of Grenada" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office (Grenada). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- Salmon, Santana (2022-09-24). "Hudson Austin the Former leader of Grenada's People's Revolutionary Army Forces is dead". CNW Network. Retrieved 2022-09-25.