List of heads of government of Grenada

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Incumbent Keith Mitchell since 20 February 2013
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Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Eric Gairy
Formation	7 February 1974
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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.

Heads of government before the 1974 independence[]

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	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 (born 1938)	—	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
5		Sir Paul Scoon (1935–2013)	—	His tenure as Governor-General was from 1978 to 1992. However, the post being the executive head of government was only between 25 October to 9 December 1983, a total of 45 days	Nonpartisan

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	National Democratic Congress

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 (died in office.)	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	Incumbent	9 years, 10 days (as of 2 March 2022)	New National Party

See also[]

• Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
• 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–present)

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