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List of heads of government of Grenada

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Prime Minister of Grenada
Coat of arms of Grenada
since 24 June 2022
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
PrecursorPremier of Grenada
Inaugural holderEric Gairy
Formation7 February 1974
Salary80,619 Eastern Caribbean dollars/29,859 USD annually[1]
Politics of Grenada
Executive
Legislative
Elections
Administrative divisions (parishes)
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Minister: Oliver Joseph

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

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Political parties and other affiliations

  Grenada National Party (GNP)
  Grenada United Labour Party (GULP)
  New Jewel Movement (NJM)
  Independent
  New National Party (NNP)
  National Democratic Congress (NDC)
Symbols

† Died in office

Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
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)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
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)

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Election Term of office Political party
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, 151 days NDC

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Scoon became interim head of government and appointed an advisory council, which in turn named Nicholas Brathwaite as chairman and interim prime minister.

References

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  1. ^ Government of Grenada. "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2015" (PDF). www.gov.gd.
  2. ^ DeYoung, Karen (14 March 1979). "Flamboyant Grenada Leader Is reported Ousted in a Coup". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cody, Edward (24 December 1983). "Grenada's Vacuum Tempts Ex-Leader". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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