List of heads of government of Grenada

This is a list of heads of government of Grenada, from the establishment of the office of the chief minister in 1960 to the present day.

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other affiliations

Symbols

Template:Note label Died in office

Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg	Herbert Blaize Template:Small	1957	January 1960	March 1961	Template:Age in years and months	GNP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:No image.png	George E. D. Clyne Template:Small	1961	March 1961	August 1961	Template:Age in years and months	GULP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3	File:Eric Gairy 1977.png	Eric Gairy Template:Small	—	August 1961	19 June 1962	Template:Age in years and months	GULP
(1)	File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg	Herbert Blaize Template:Small	1962	September 1962	March 1967	Template:Age in years and months	GNP

Premiers of the Associated State of Grenada (1967–1974)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg	Herbert Blaize Template:Small	—	March 1967	August 1967	Template:Age in years and months	GNP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:Eric Gairy 1977.png	Sir Eric Gairy Template:Small	1967 1972	August 1967	6 February 1974	Template:Age in years and months	GULP

Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–present)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1	File:Eric Gairy 1977.png	Sir Eric Gairy Template:Small	1976	7 February 1974	13 March 1979 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Age in years and days	GULP
Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983)
2	File:Maurice Bishop 1982-06-11.jpg	Maurice Bishop Template:Small	—	13 March 1979	14 October 1983 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	NJM
—	File:No image.png	Bernard Coard Template:Small	—	14 October 1983	19 October 1983 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	NJM
Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983)
—	File:No image.png	[[Hudson Austin|Template:Small Hudson Austin]] Template:Small	—	19 October 1983	25 October 1983 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Military / NJM
Governor-General of Grenada (1983)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| —	File:Paul Scoon (cropped).jpg	Sir Paul Scoon Template:Small	—	25 October 1983	9 December 1983	Template:Age in years and days	None
Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984)Template:Efn
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;"| 3	File:CHOGM 1991 - Nicholas Brathwaite (cropped).jpg	Nicholas Brathwaite Template:Small	—	9 December 1983	4 December 1984	Template:Age in years and days	Independent<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4	File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg	Herbert Blaize Template:Small	1984	4 December 1984	19 December 1989Template:Ref label	Template:Age in years and days	NNP
							TNP
5	File:Ben Jones Grenada 1986.png	Ben Jones Template:Small	—	20 December 1989	16 March 1990	Template:Age in years and days	TNP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| (3)	File:CHOGM 1991 - Nicholas Brathwaite (cropped).jpg	Nicholas Brathwaite Template:Small	1990	16 March 1990	1 February 1995	Template:Age in years and days	NDC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 6	File:George Brizan 1986.png	George Brizan Template:Small	—	1 February 1995	22 June 1995	Template:Age in years and days	NDC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 7	File:Keith Mitchell.jpg	Keith Mitchell Template:Small	1995 1999 2003	22 June 1995	9 July 2008	Template:Age in years and days	NNP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 8	File:TillmanThomas.jpg	Tillman Thomas Template:Small	2008	9 July 2008	20 February 2013	Template:Age in years and days	NDC
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| (7)	File:Keith Mitchell.jpg	Keith Mitchell Template:Small	2013 2018	20 February 2013	24 June 2022	Template:Age in years and days	NNP
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 9	File:Prime Minister of Grenada Mr. Dickon Mitchell.jpg	Dickon Mitchell Template:Small	2022	24 June 2022	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	NDC

Timeline

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the prime ministers of Grenada. They are listed in order of first assuming office.

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Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}}

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 from: 01/09/1962 till: 01/08/1967 color:GNP
 from: 01/09/1962 till: 01/08/1967 color:GNP
 from: 04/12/1984 till: 01/07/1989 color:NNP
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 from: 25/10/1983 till: 09/12/1983 color:IND text:"Paul Scoon"
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 from: 20/02/2013 till: 24/06/2022 color:NNP text:"Keith Mitchell"
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 from: 09/07/2008 till: 20/02/2013 color:NDC text:"Tillman Thomas"
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 from: 24/06/2022 till: $today     color:NDC text:"Dickon Mitchell"

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The following chart lists prime ministers by lifespan (living prime ministers on the green line), with the years outside of their tenure in beige.

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Define $start = 1916 Define $end = 2026 Define $now = 2026

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Define $dy = -5 # shift text to button side of bar

LineData=

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   from:1960 till:1961
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1961 till:1962
   color:PM_GNP
   from:1962 till:1967
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1967 till:1984
   color:PM_NNP
   from:1984 till:1989
   color:PM_TNP
   from:1989 till:1989

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   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1962 till:1967
   color:PM_ULP
   from:1967 till:1979
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1979 till:1997

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   from:1944 till:1979 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Maurice Bishop
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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:1925 till:1983 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Nicholas Brathwaite
   color:PM_IND
   from:1983 till:1984
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1984 till:1990
   color:PM_NDC
   from:1990 till:1995
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1995 till:2016

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:1924 till:1989 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Ben Jones
   color:PM_TNP
   from:1989 till:1990
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1990 till:2005

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:1942 till:1995 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:George Brizan
   color:PM_NDC
   from:1995 till:1995.4
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:1995.4 till:2012

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:1946 till:1995.4 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Keith Mitchell
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   from:1995.4 till:2008
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:2008 till:2013
   color:PM_NNP
   from:2013 till:2022
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:2022 till:$now

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:1947 till:2008 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Tillman Thomas
   color:PM_NDC
   from:2008 till:2013
   color:LIFESPAN
   from:2013 till:$now

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   color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
   from:1978 till:2022 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:Dickon Mitchell
   color:PM_NDC
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</timeline>

See also

• 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)