Cécile La Grenade

Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade, GCMG DStJ OBE (born 30 December 1952) is a Grenadian food scientist who has been serving as the governor-general of Grenada since her swearing-in on 7 May 2013.


Dame Cécile La Grenade

GCMG DStJ OBE
Governor General of Grenada
Assumed office
7 May 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterKeith Mitchell
Preceded byCarlyle Glean
Personal details
Born
Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade

(1952-12-30) 30 December 1952[1]
La Borie, Grenada
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
University of Maryland, College Park

Early life

La Grenade is the third of 5 daughters born to Allan A. La Grenade MBE, a civil servant, and Sibyl Sylvester-La Grenade, a registered nurse. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Louise "Eva" Ollivierre-Sylvester, was the first woman in the British Windward Islands to serve on the legislative council of her country, after being elected in 1952, less than a year after universal suffrage.

La Grenade is a food scientist trained in the United States. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of the West Indies, as well as a master's degree and doctorate in food science from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her appointment as governor-general was announced during the same week as the death of Grenada's first female governor, Dame Hilda Bynoe. Bynoe was the goddaughter of La Grenade's maternal grandfather, Dr Cyril I. St Bernard Sylvester, an educator and public servant.

Honours

Overseas honours

References

  1. Per birth certificate, Registry of Birth records, Parish of Saint George, Grenada, West Indies
  2. "Photographic image" (JPG). Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  3. "Governor General of Grenada attends Autumn Delegation Dinner of the Constantinian Order - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. "Photographic image" (JPEG). Constantinian.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  5. "Photographic image" (JPG). 1.pictures.zimbio.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  6. "Photographic image" (JPG). 4.pictures.zimbio.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  7. "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

Sources

  • United Nations CEDAW/C/GRD/Q/1-5/Add.1 :Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; Distr.: General, 4 November 2011; ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION (p. 14)
  • Shepherd, Verene A. (editor), Women in Caribbean History (Kingston: Ian Randle, 1999, ISBN 978-1558761896).
Government offices
Preceded by
Carlyle Glean
Governor General of Grenada
2013–present
Incumbent
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