List of heads of government 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.
Prime Minister of Grenada | |
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Flag of Grenada | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Term length | Five years |
Inaugural holder | Eric Gairy |
Formation | 7 February 1974 |
Salary | 29,859 USD annually[1] |
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Administrative divisions (parishes) |
Heads of government before the 1974 independence
Chief Ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | 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 | Grenada National Party | |
2 | George E. D. Clyne | 1961 | March 1961 | August 1961 | 153 days | Grenada United Labour Party | |
3 | Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
— | August 1961 | 19 June 1962 | 322 days | Grenada United Labour Party | |
(1) | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1962 | September 1962 | March 1967 | 4 years, 181 days | Grenada National Party |
Premiers of the Associated State of Grenada (1967–1974)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | 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 | Grenada National Party | |
2 | Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
1967 1972 |
August 1967 | 6 February 1974 | 6 years, 189 days | Grenada United Labour Party |
Heads of government after the 1974 independence
Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | 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.) |
5 years, 34 days | Grenada United Labour Party |
Prime Ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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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 | |
3 | Bernard Coard (1945–) |
— | 14 October 1983 | 19 October 1983 (deposed.) |
5 days | New Jewel Movement |
Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
4 | General Hudson Austin (1938–) |
— | 19 October 1983 | 25 October 1983 (deposed.) |
6 days | Military / New Jewel Movement |
Governor-General of Grenada (1983)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
5 | Sir Paul Scoon (1935–2013) |
— | 25 October 1983 | 9 December 1983 | 45 days | Nonpartisan |
Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
6 | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
— | 9 December 1983 | 4 December 1984 | 361 days | National Democratic Congress |
Prime Ministers of Grenada (1984–present)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | 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 (died in office.) |
5 years, 15 days | New National Party | |
8 | Ben Jones (1924–2005) |
— | 20 December 1989 | 16 March 1990 | 86 days | New National Party | |
(6) | 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 (1946–) |
1995 1999 2003 |
22 June 1995 | 9 July 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | New National Party | |
11 | Tillman Thomas (1947–) |
2008 | 9 July 2008 | 20 February 2013 | 4 years, 226 days | National Democratic Congress | |
(10) | Keith Mitchell (1946–) |
2013 2018 |
20 February 2013 | Incumbent | 7 years, 347 days (as of 1 February 2021) |
New National Party |
See also
References
- Government of Grenada. "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2015" (PDF). www.gov.gd.
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