| Prime Minister of Grenada | |
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 Coat of arms of Grenada | |
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| 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 |
| Salary | 80,619 Eastern Caribbean dollars/29,859 USD annually [1] |
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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.
Political parties and other affiliations
† Died in office
| 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 | GNP |
| 2 |  | George E. D. Clyne (?–1984) | 1961 | March 1961 | August 1961 | 153 days | GULP |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 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 |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979) | |||||||
| 1 | | Sir Eric Gairy (1922–1997) | 1976 | 7 February 1974 | 13 March 1979 (Deposed in a coup) [2] | 5 years, 34 days | GULP |
| Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983) | |||||||
| 2 |  | Maurice Bishop (1944–1983) | — | 13 March 1979 | 14 October 1983 (Deposed in a coup) | 4 years, 215 days | NJM |
| — | | Bernard Coard (born 1944) | — | 14 October 1983 | 19 October 1983 (Deposed in a coup) | 5 days | NJM |
| Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983) | |||||||
| — | General Hudson Austin (1938–2022) | — | 19 October 1983 | 25 October 1983 (Deposed by US invasion) | 6 days | Military / NJM | |
| Governor-General of Grenada (1983) | |||||||
| — |  | Sir Paul Scoon (1935–2013) | — | 25 October 1983 | 9 December 1983 | 45 days | None |
| Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984) [a] | |||||||
| 3 | Sir nicholas brathwaite.jpg | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) | — | 9 December 1983 | 4 December 1984 | 361 days | Independent [3] |
| Prime ministers of Grenada (1984–present) | |||||||
| 4 |  | Herbert Blaize (1918–1989) | 1984 | 4 December 1984 | 19 December 1989 [†] | 5 years, 15 days | NNP |
| 5 |  | Ben Jones (1924–2005) | — | 20 December 1989 | 16 March 1990 | 86 days | NNP |
| (3) | [[File:Sir nicholas brathwaite.jpg | Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016) | 1990 | 16 March 1990 | 1 February 1995 | 4 years, 322 days | NDC |
| 6 |  | George Brizan (1942–2012) | — | 1 February 1995 | 22 June 1995 | 141 days | NDC |
| 7 |  | Keith Mitchell (born 1946) | 1995 1999 2003 | 22 June 1995 | 9 July 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | NNP |
| 8 |  | Tillman Thomas (born 1947) | 2008 | 9 July 2008 | 20 February 2013 | 4 years, 226 days | NDC |
| (7) | | Keith Mitchell (born 1946) | 2013 2018 | 20 February 2013 | 24 June 2022 | 9 years, 124 days | NNP |
| 9 |  | Dickon Mitchell (born 1978) | 2022 | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 173 days | NDC |
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