List of heads of government of Grenada
| Prime Minister of Grenada | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of Grenada | |
 | |
| 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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| Administrative divisions (parishes) |
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.
The Prime Minister appoints the Cabinet of Grenada.
List of officeholders[edit]
Political parties
Grenada National Party (GNP)
Grenada United Labour Party (GULP)
New Jewel Movement (NJM)
New National Party (NNP)
- Symbols
† Died in office
Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | .jpg)
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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 | 
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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)[edit]
| 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 (1974–1979)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
|
Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) |
1976 | 7 February 1974 | 13 March 1979 (Deposed in a revolution)[2] |
5 years, 34 days | GULP |
Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 2 | 
|
Maurice Bishop (1944–1983) |
— | 13 March 1979 | 14 October 1983 (Deposed in coup) |
4 years, 215 days | NJM |
| 3 |
|
Bernard Coard (born 1945) |
— | 14 October 1983 | 19 October 1983 (Deposed in a coup) |
5 days | NJM |
Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 4 |
|
General Hudson Austin (1938–2022) |
— | 19 October 1983 | 25 October 1983 (Deposed by US invasion) |
6 days | Military / NJM |
Governor-General of Grenada (1983)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Term of office | |||||
| 5 | .jpg)
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Sir Paul Scoon (1935–2013) |
— | 25 October | 9 December | 45 days | Independent |
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)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 6 |
|
Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
— | 9 December 1983 | 4 December 1984 | 361 days | Independent[3] |
Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 7 |
|
Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) |
1984 | 4 December 1984 | 19 December 1989[†] | 5 years, 15 days | NNP |
| 8 | 
|
Ben Jones (1924–2005) |
— | 20 December 1989 | 16 March 1990 | 86 days | NNP |
| (6) |
|
Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) |
1990 | 16 March 1990 | 1 February 1995 | 4 years, 322 days | NDC |
| 9 | 
|
George Brizan (1942–2012) |
— | 1 February 1995 | 22 June 1995 | 141 days | NDC |
| 10 | 
|
Keith Mitchell (born 1946) |
1995 1999 2003 |
22 June 1995 | 9 July 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | NNP |
| 11 | 
|
Tillman Thomas (born 1947) |
2008 | 9 July 2008 | 20 February 2013 | 4 years, 226 days | NDC |
| (10) |
|
Keith Mitchell (born 1946) |
2013 2018 |
20 February 2013 | 24 June 2022 | 9 years, 124 days | NNP |
| 12 | 
|
Dickon Mitchell (born 1978) |
2022 | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 357 days | NDC |
See also[edit]
- Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
- Prime Ministers of King Charles III
- List of Commonwealth Heads of Government
- Politics of Grenada
- Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
- Governor-General of Grenada
- List of heads of state of Grenada
- List of Privy Counsellors (1952–2022)
- Leader of the Opposition (Grenada)
References[edit]
- ^ Government of Grenada. "Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2015" (PDF). www.gov.gd.
- ^ 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.