List of heads of government of Grenada
Appearance
Prime Minister of Grenada | |
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Style | The Right Honourable |
Term length | Five years |
Inaugural holder | Eric Gairy |
Formation | 7 February 1974 |
Salary | 29,859 USD annually[1] |
This is a list of heads of government of Grenada, from the creation of the office of Chief Minister in 1960 to the present day.
Heads of government before the 1974 independence
[change | change source]Chief Ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)
[change | change source]Chief Minister | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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 | People's National Movement | |
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)
[change | change source]Premier | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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
[change | change source]Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979)
[change | change source]Prime Minister | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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)
[change | change source]Prime Minister | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
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)
[change | change source]Head | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||
4 | General Hudson Austin (1938–2022) |
— | 19 October 1983 | 25 October 1983 (deposed.) |
6 days | Military / New Jewel Movement |
Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984)
[change | change source]Chairman | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||
5 | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
— | 9 December 1983 | 4 December 1984 | 361 days | National Democratic Congress |
Prime Ministers of Grenada (1984–present)
[change | change source]Prime Minister | Election | Term of office | Political Party (at time of election) | ||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||
6 | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1984 | 4 December 1984 | 19 December 1989 (died in office.) |
5 years, 15 days | New National Party | |
7 | Ben Jones (1924–2005) |
— | 20 December 1989 | 16 March 1990 | 86 days | New National Party | |
(5) | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
1990 | 16 March 1990 | 1 February 1995 | 4 years, 322 days | National Democratic Congress | |
8 | George Brizan (1942–2012) |
— | 1 February 1995 | 22 June 1995 | 141 days | National Democratic Congress | |
9 | Keith Mitchell (1946–) |
1995 1999 2003 |
22 June 1995 | 9 July 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | New National Party | |
10 | Tillman Thomas (1947–) |
2008 | 9 July 2008 | 20 February 2013 | 4 years, 226 days | National Democratic Congress | |
(9) | Keith Mitchell (1946–) |
2013 2018 |
20 February 2013 | 24 June 2022 | 9 years, 124 days | New National Party | |
11 | Dickon Mitchell (1978–) |
2022 | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 121 days | National Democratic Congress |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Government of Grenada. "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2015" (PDF). www.gov.gd.[permanent dead link]