List of heads of government of Grenada facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Prime Minister of Grenada
Coat of arms of Grenada
Incumbent Dickon Mitchell since 24 June 2022
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

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.

Heads of government before the 1974 independence

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Died in office

Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				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 (?–1984)	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)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				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)	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.)	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)	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.)	4 years, 215 days	New Jewel Movement
3		Bernard Coard (born 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)	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.)	6 days	Military / New Jewel Movement

Governor-General of Grenada (1983)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Term of office
5		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)

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

Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present)

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	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 (born 1946)	1995 1999 2003	22 June 1995	9 July 2008	13 years, 17 days	New National Party
11		Tillman Thomas (born 1947)	2008	9 July 2008	20 February 2013	4 years, 226 days	National Democratic Congress
(10)		Keith Mitchell (born 1946)	2013 2018	20 February 2013	24 June 2022	9 years, 124 days	New National Party
12		Dickon Mitchell (born 1978)	2022	24 June 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 150 days	National Democratic Congress

See also

In Spanish: Primer ministro de Granada para niños

• 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)