Premier_of_Grenada
This is a list of heads of government of Grenada, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1960 to the present day.
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| Prime Minister of Grenada | |
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 Coat of arms of Grenada | |
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| 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 |
| First holder | Eric Gairy |
| Salary | 80,619 Eastern Caribbean dollars/29,859 USD annually[1] |
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The Prime Minister appoints the Cabinet of Grenada.
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Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)
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Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1957 | January 1960 | March 1961 | 1 year, 59 days | Grenada National Party |
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George E. D. Clyne (?–1984) |
1961 | March 1961 | August 1961 | 153 days | Grenada United Labour Party |
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Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
— | August 1961 | 19 June 1962 | 322 days | Grenada United Labour Party |
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Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1962 | September 1962 | March 1967 | 4 years, 181 days | Grenada National Party |
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Premiers of the Associated State of Grenada (1967–1974)
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Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
— | March 1967 | August 1967 | 153 days | Grenada National Party |
| 2 | |
Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
1967 1972 |
August 1967 | 6 February 1974 | 6 years, 189 days | Grenada United Labour Party |
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Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979)
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
1976 | 7 February 1974 | 13 March 1979 (deposed.)[2] |
5 years, 34 days | Grenada United Labour Party | |
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Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983)
Main article: People's Revolutionary Government
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 2 | Maurice Bishop (1944–1983) |
— | 13 March 1979 | 14 October 1983 (deposed.) |
4 years, 215 days | New Jewel Movement | |
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Bernard Coard (born 1945) |
— | 14 October 1983 | 19 October 1983 (deposed.) |
5 days | New Jewel Movement |
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Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983)
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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General Hudson Austin (1938–2022) |
— | 19 October 1983 | 25 October 1983 (deposed.) |
6 days | Military / New Jewel Movement |
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Governor-General of Grenada (1983)
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| Took office | Left office | Term of office | |||||
| 5 | Sir Paul Scoon (1935–2013) |
— | 25 October | 9 December | 45 days | Independent | |
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Note
Scoon became interim head of government and appointed an advisory council, which in turn named Nicholas Brathwaite as chairman and interim prime minister
Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984)
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
— | 9 December 1983 | 4 December 1984 | 361 days | Independent[3] |
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Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present)
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Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 7 | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1984 | 4 December 1984 | 19 December 1989[†] | 5 years, 15 days | New National Party | |
| 8 | Ben Jones (1924–2005) |
— | 20 December 1989 | 16 March 1990 | 86 days | New National Party | |
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Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
1990 | 16 March 1990 | 1 February 1995 | 4 years, 322 days | National Democratic Congress |
| 9 | George Brizan (1942–2012) |
— | 1 February 1995 | 22 June 1995 | 141 days | National Democratic Congress | |
| 10 | Keith Mitchell (born 1946) |
1995 1999 2003 |
22 June 1995 | 9 July 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | New National Party | |
| 11 | Tillman Thomas (born 1947) |
2008 | 9 July 2008 | 20 February 2013 | 4 years, 226 days | National Democratic Congress | |
| (10) | Keith Mitchell (born 1946) |
2013 2018 |
20 February 2013 | 24 June 2022 | 9 years, 124 days | New National Party | |
| 12 | Dickon Mitchell (born 1978) |
2022 | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 307 days | National Democratic Congress | |
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- 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.