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{{Infobox official post
| post                    = Prime Minister
| body                    = Grenada
| insignia                = Coat of arms of Grenada.svg
| flag                    = Flag of Grenada.svg{{!}}border
| insigniasize            = 125px
| insigniacaption         = Coat of arms of Grenada
| image                   = Prime Minister of Grenada Mr. Dickon Mitchell.jpg
| imagesize               = 
| incumbent               = [[Dickon Mitchell]]
| incumbentsince          = 24 June 2022
| style                   = [[The Honourable]]
| residence               = 
| appointer               = [[Governor-General of Grenada|Governor-General]]
| termlength              = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]]
| constituting_instrument = 
| precursor               = Premier of Grenada
| inaugural               = [[Eric Gairy]]
| formation               = {{start date and age|df=y|1974|2|7}}
| salary                  = {{currency|80619|XCD}} / {{currency|29859|USD}} annually<ref name="gov.gd">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.gd/egov/docs/budget_speech/est-revenue-expenditure-2015.pdf|title=Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2015|author=Government of Grenada|website=www.gov.gd}}</ref>
| website                 = 
}}
{{Politics of Grenada}}

This is a '''list of [[Head of government|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
{{legend|{{party color|Grenada National Party}}|[[Grenada National Party]] (GNP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Grenada United Labour Party}}|[[Grenada United Labour Party]] (GULP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#FF0000|[[New JEWEL Movement]] (NJM)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|New National Party (Grenada)}}|[[New National Party (Grenada)|New National Party]] (NNP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#EF7E2E|[[The National Party]] (TNP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|National Democratic Congress (Grenada)}}|[[National Democratic Congress (Grenada)|National Democratic Congress]] (NDC)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Other affiliations
{{legend|{{party color|Independent politician}}|[[Independent politician|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Symbols
{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office

===Chief ministers of Grenada (1960–1967)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:Green; color:white"| 1
| [[File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg|90px]]
| [[Herbert Blaize]]<br />{{small|(1918–1989)}}
| [[1957 Grenadian general election|1957]]
| January 1960
| March 1961
| {{Age in years and months|1960|1|1|1961|3|1}}
| [[Grenada National Party|GNP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Grenada United Labour Party}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[George E. D. Clyne]]<br />{{small|(?–1984)}}
| [[1961 Grenadian general election|1961]]
| March 1961
| August 1961
| {{Age in years and months|1961|3|1|1961|8|1}}
| [[Grenada United Labour Party|GULP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Grenada United Labour Party}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:Eric Gairy 1977.png|90px]]
| [[Eric Gairy]]<br />{{small|(1922–1997)}}
| —
| August 1961
| 19 June 1962
| {{Age in years and months|1961|8|1|1962|6|19}}
| [[Grenada United Labour Party|GULP]]
|-
! style="background:Green; color:white"| (1)
| [[File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg|90px]]
| [[Herbert Blaize]]<br />{{small|(1918–1989)}}
| [[1962 Grenadian general election|1962]]
| September 1962
| March 1967
| {{Age in years and months|1962|9|1|1967|3|1}}
| [[Grenada National Party|GNP]]
|}

===Premiers of the Associated State of Grenada (1967–1974)===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:Green; color:white"| 1
| [[File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg|90px]]
| [[Herbert Blaize]]<br />{{small|(1918–1989)}}
| —
| March 1967
| August 1967
| {{Age in years and months|1967|3|1|1967|8|1}}
| [[Grenada National Party|GNP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Grenada United Labour Party}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:Eric Gairy 1977.png|90px]]
| [[Eric Gairy|Sir Eric Gairy]]<br />{{small|(1922–1997)}}
| [[1967 Grenadian general election|1967]]<br>[[1972 Grenadian general election|1972]]
| August 1967
| 6 February 1974
| {{Age in years and months|1967|8|1|1974|2|6}}
| [[Grenada United Labour Party|GULP]]
|}

===Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–present)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="8" |Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Grenada United Labour Party}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:Eric Gairy 1977.png|90px]]
| [[Eric Gairy|Sir Eric Gairy]]<br />{{small|(1922–1997)}}
| [[1976 Grenadian general election|1976]]
| 7 February 1974
| 13 March 1979<br />{{small|(Deposed in a coup)}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeYoung |first1=Karen |date=14 March 1979 |title=Flamboyant Grenada Leader Is reported Ousted in a Coup |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/03/14/flamboyant-grenada-leader-is-reported-ousted-in-a-coup/91538c7f-87f8-4438-a3e0-741451ad9e3c/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=Washington Post}}</ref>
| {{Age in years and days|1974|2|7|1979|3|13}}
| [[Grenada United Labour Party|GULP]]
|-
! colspan="8" |Prime ministers of the [[People's Revolutionary Government]] of Grenada (1979–1983)
|-
! style="background:#FF0000; color:white"| 2
| [[File:Maurice Bishop 1982-06-11.jpg|90px]]
| [[Maurice Bishop]]<br />{{small|(1944–1983)}}
| —
| 13 March 1979
| 14 October 1983<br />{{small|(Deposed in a coup)}}
| {{Age in years and days|1979|3|13|1983|10|14}}
| [[New JEWEL Movement|NJM]]
|-
! style="background:#FF0000; color:white"| —
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Bernard Coard]]<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| —
| 14 October 1983
| 19 October 1983<br />{{small|(Deposed in a coup)}}
| {{Age in years and days|1983|10|14|1983|10|19}}
| [[New JEWEL Movement|NJM]]
|-
! colspan="8" |Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983)
|-
! style="background:#FF0000; color:white"| —
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Hudson Austin|{{small|General}} Hudson Austin]]<br />{{small|(1938–2022)}}
| —
| 19 October 1983
| 25 October 1983<br>{{small|([[United States invasion of Grenada|Deposed by US invasion]])}}
| {{Age in years and days|1983|10|19|1983|10|25}}
| [[People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada)|Military]] / <br />[[New JEWEL Movement|NJM]]
|-
! colspan="8" |Governor-General of Grenada (1983)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;"| —
| [[File:Paul Scoon (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Paul Scoon|Sir Paul Scoon]]<br />{{small|(1935–2013)}}
| —
| 25 October 1983
| 9 December 1983
| {{Age in years and days|1983|10|25|1983|12|9}}
| ''None''
|-
! colspan="8" |Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984){{efn|Scoon became interim head of government and appointed an advisory council, which in turn named [[Nicholas Brathwaite]] as chairman and interim prime minister.}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;"| 3
| [[File:CHOGM 1991 - Nicholas Brathwaite (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Nicholas Brathwaite]]<br />{{small|(1925–2016)}}
| —
| 9 December 1983
| 4 December 1984
| {{Age in years and days|1983|12|9|1984|12|4}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cody |first1=Edward |date=24 December 1983 |title=Grenada's Vacuum Tempts Ex-Leader |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/12/24/grenadas-vacuum-tempts-ex-leader/2fb3dcf9-6464-4ced-a4ae-6e7e37f6234e/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |work=Washington Post}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="8" |Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|New National Party (Grenada)}}; color:white"| 4
| rowspan=2|[[File:Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Herbert Blaize]]<br />{{small|(1918–1989)}}
| rowspan=2|[[1984 Grenadian general election|1984]]
| rowspan=2|4 December 1984
| rowspan=2|19 December 1989{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|1984|12|4|1989|12|19}}
| [[New National Party (Grenada)|NNP]] 
|-
! style="background:#EF7E2E; color:white" |
| [[The National Party|TNP]]
|-
! style="background:#EF7E2E; color:white"| 5
| [[File:Ben Jones Grenada 1986.png|90px]]
| [[Ben Jones (Grenadian politician)|Ben Jones]]<br />{{small|(1924–2005)}}
| —
| 20 December 1989
| 16 March 1990
| {{Age in years and days|1989|12|20|1990|3|16}}
| [[The National Party|TNP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Congress (Grenada)}}; color:black"| (3)
| [[File:CHOGM 1991 - Nicholas Brathwaite (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Nicholas Brathwaite]]<br />{{small|(1925–2016)}}
| [[1990 Grenadian general election|1990]]
| 16 March 1990
| 1 February 1995
| {{Age in years and days|1990|3|16|1995|2|1}}
| [[National Democratic Congress (Grenada)|NDC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Congress (Grenada)}}; color:black"| 6
| [[File:George_Brizan_1986.png|90px]]
| [[George Brizan]]<br />{{small|(1942–2012)}}
| —
| 1 February 1995
| 22 June 1995
| {{Age in years and days|1995|2|1|1995|6|22}}
| [[National Democratic Congress (Grenada)|NDC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|New National Party (Grenada)}}; color:white"| 7
| [[File:Keith Mitchell.jpg|90px]]
| [[Keith Mitchell]]<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}
| [[1995 Grenadian general election|1995]]<br>[[1999 Grenadian general election|1999]]<br>[[2003 Grenadian general election|2003]]
| 22 June 1995
| 9 July 2008
| {{Age in years and days|1995|6|22|2008|7|9}}
| [[New National Party (Grenada)|NNP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Congress (Grenada)}}; color:black"| 8
| [[File:TillmanThomas.jpg|90px]]
| [[Tillman Thomas]]<br />{{small|(born 1947)}}
| [[2008 Grenadian general election|2008]]
| 9 July 2008
| 20 February 2013
| {{Age in years and days|2008|7|9|2013|2|20}}
| [[National Democratic Congress (Grenada)|NDC]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|New National Party (Grenada)}}; color:white"| (7)
| [[File:Keith Mitchell.jpg|90px]]
| [[Keith Mitchell]]<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}
| [[2013 Grenadian general election|2013]]<br>[[2018 Grenadian general election|2018]]
| 20 February 2013
| 24 June 2022
| {{Age in years and days|2013|2|20|2022|6|24}}
| [[New National Party (Grenada)|NNP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Congress (Grenada)}}; color:black"| 9
| [[File:Prime Minister of Grenada Mr. Dickon Mitchell.jpg|90px]]
| [[Dickon Mitchell]]<br />{{small|(born 1978)}}
| [[2022 Grenadian general election|2022]]
| 24 June 2022
| Incumbent
| {{Age in years and days|2022|6|24}}
| [[National Democratic Congress (Grenada)|NDC]]
|}

==Timeline==
This is a [[Bar chart|graphical]] lifespan timeline of the prime ministers of Grenada. They are listed in order of first assuming office.

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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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   text:"Lifespan and terms of office of each Grenadian Prime Minister"
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==See also==
{{Portal|Caribbean}}
* [[Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II]]
* [[List of prime ministers of Charles III|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)]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{GrenadaPMs}}
{{Grenada topics}}
{{Heads of state and government of North America}}
{{Prime Minister}}

[[Category:Lists of heads of government|Grenada, List of heads of government of]]
[[Category:Prime ministers of Grenada| ]]
[[Category:Government of Grenada|Prime]]
[[Category:Grenada politics-related lists|Prime Ministers]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Grenada]]