Political Leaders: Grenada

Leaders of Grenada
(State of Grenada)

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Note: The British Monarch is the head of the State, represented by a Governor-General.

Parties: GNP: Grenada National Party; GULP: Grenada United Labour Party; NDC: National Democratic Congress; NJM: New Jewel Movement; NNP: New National Party; n/p: non-party

Governors-General

Leo Victor de Gale             7 Feb 1974 - 30 Sep 1978 (+1986)
Paul Scoon                    30 Sep 1978 -  6 Aug 1992 (+2013)         
Reginald Oswald Palmer         6 Aug 1992 -  8 Aug 1996
Daniel Charles Williams        8 Aug 1996 - 18 Nov 2008
Carlyle Arnold Glean          27 Nov 2008 -  7 May 2013
Cécile La Grenade              7 May 2013 -

Heads of Government

Chief Ministers:
Eric Matthew Gairy                   1954 -        1956 (+1997) GULP
Eric Matthew Gairy                   1958 -    Jan 1960 (+1997) GULP
Herbert Augustus Blaize          Jan 1960 -    Mar 1961 (+1989) GULP 
George E. D. Clyne               Mar 1961 -    Aug 1961 (+1984) GULP 
Eric Matthew Gairy               Aug 1961 - 19 Jun 1962 (+1997) GULP
Herbert Augustus Blaize          Sep 1962 -    Aug 1967 (+1989) GNP

Prime Ministers
Eric Matthew Gairy               Aug 1967 - 13 Mar 1979 (+1997) GULP (*)
Maurice Rupert Bishop         13 Mar 1979 - 14 Oct 1983 (+1983) NJM
Bernard Coard                 14 Oct 1983 - 19 Oct 1983         NJM (de facto)

Head of the Revolutionary Military Council
Hudson Austin                 19 Oct 1983 - 25 Oct 1983         military

Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council
Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite  9 Dec 1983 -  4 Dec 1984 (+2016) n/p

Prime Ministers
Herbert Augustus Blaize        4 Dec 1984 - 19 Dec 1989 (+1989) NNP 
Ben Joseph Jones              20 Dec 1989 - 16 Mar 1990 (+2005) NNP       
Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite 16 Mar 1990 -  1 Feb 1995 (+2016) NDC
George Ignatius Brizan         1 Feb 1995 - 22 Jun 1995 (+2012) NDC
Keith Claudius Mitchell       22 Jun 1995 -  9 Jul 2008         NNP
Tillman Joseph Thomas          9 Jul 2008 - 20 Feb 2013         NDC
Keith Claudius Mitchell       20 Feb 2013 -                     NNP

(*) Prime minister of an independent State only since 7 Feb 1974.

Leaders of NNP

Herbert Augustus Blaize       1984-1989 (+1989)
Keith Claudius Mitchell       1989-

The NNP was founded in Aug 1984 through the merger of Herbert Blaize's Grenada National Party (GNP), George Brizan's National Democratic Party (NDP) Francis Alexis' Grenada Democratic Movement (GDM).

Leaders of NDC

George Ignatius Brizan        1987-1989 (+2012) 
Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite 1989-1995 (+2016)
George Ignatius Brizan        1995-2000 (+2012) 
Tillman Joseph Thomas         2000-2014
Nazim Burke                   2014-

The NDC was founded in 1987 by splinters of NNP.

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