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    Sir Eric Matthew Gairy PC (18 February 1922 – 23 August 1997) was the first Prime Minister of Grenada, serving from his country's independence in 1974...
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    acquiring very high autonomy in the management of its internal affairs. Eric Gairy, a former union leader and leader of the Grenada United Labor Party (GULP)...
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    power during the 13 March 1979 revolution which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada...
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  • or militia which operated from 1967 to 1979 under the control of Sir Eric Gairy, the Premier and later Prime Minister of Grenada, and head of the Grenada...
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    Independence was granted on 7 February 1974 under the leadership of Eric Gairy, who became the first prime minister of Grenada as a sovereign state....
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    Party (GULP) is a political party in Grenada. The party was founded by Eric Gairy in 1950. It contested the first elections held under universal suffrage...
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    1976. The result was a victory for the Grenada United Labour Party of Eric Gairy, which won nine of the 15 seats, whilst the opposition People's Alliance...
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    National Party as a rival party to the Grenada United Labour Party of Eric Gairy, who would be Blaize's main political rival for the next 25 years. Blaize...
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  • head of government. Eric Gairy was independent Grenada's first prime minister serving from 1974 until his overthrow in 1979. Gairy won re-election in Grenada's...
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    Grenada by Queen Elizabeth II, on the advice of the Prime Minister, Sir Eric Gairy. However, the following year, the New Jewel Movement — led by Maurice...
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  • Grenada gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1974 under Sir Eric Gairy. He claimed victory in the general election of 1976, but the opposition...
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  • Furthermore, the Prime Minister of Grenada, Sir Eric Gairy, was on the judging panel. One of Gairy's obituaries described his corruption and use of a...
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  • or militia which operated from 1967 to 1979 under the control of Sir Eric Gairy, the Premier and later Prime Minister of Grenada. Kuer Sena, a Rajput...
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  • She was the husband of the first Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy. Cynthia Gairy was born on March 25, 1923 in Saint David Parish, Grenada, the...
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    His Majesty's pleasure Precursor Premier of Grenada Inaugural holder Eric Gairy Formation 7 February 1974 Salary 80,619 Eastern Caribbean dollars/29,859...
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  • The Sir Eric Matthew Gairy Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in St. George's, the capital city of Grenada. It is the home of the main ministerial...
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  • 1983 anti-Bishop coup) and the populist GULP of former Prime Minister Eric Gairy. At the July 2008, election the NDC won a comfortable seven-seat majority...
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    year on the occasion of the National Day of Grenada - 7 February. Sir Eric Gairy (1922-1997) Chapter 204A National Honours and Awards Act | Government...
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    Grenada became independent on 7 February 1974 with Eric Gairy as the first prime minister. Gairy had previously been Premier of Grenada. Reference Guyana...
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    quasi-independent branch which operated from 1967 to 1979 under the control of Sir Eric Gairy, the Premier and later Prime Minister of Grenada, and head of the Grenada...
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  • as Abigail Thaw Charlie Anson as Michael Aspel Clarence Smith as Sir Eric Gairy The film was announced in October 2018, with Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw...
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  • She returned to Grenada in 1977, but the government of Prime Minister Eric Gairy refused to give her work "as I was a new mother", Jacqueline complained...
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    Stringfield served as UFO research adviser to Grenada Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy. Privately, Stringfield worked as Director of Public Relations and Marketing...
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  • Rosie Douglas, Pierre Charles and Osborne Riviere (acting)  Grenada: Eric Gairy, Maurice Bishop, Herbert A. Blaize, Ben Jones, Nicholas Brathwaite, George...
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  • Revolutionary Leader | Britannica". https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/25/world/eric-gairy-75-former-premier-of-grenada-ousted-in-1979.html "GRENADA: The Fall of...
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    Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act. In 1974, Sir Eric Gairy led Grenada to independence from the United Kingdom, but his term in office...
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    beach. St David's had served the same purpose[clarification needed] for Eric Gairy some twenty years earlier when he returned from Aruba to stake his political...
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    favoured to win, finished fourth. Furthermore, the Premier of Grenada, Eric Gairy, was on the judging panel. Although there were judges from several other...
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  • Nicholas Brathwaite Tubal Uriah Butler Henri Christophe Bernard Coard Eric Gairy Malcolm X (of Grenadian descent) Dickon Mitchell Keith Mitchell David...
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      First party Second party   Leader Herbert Blaize Eric Gairy Party NNP GULP Last election 13.74%, 1 seat 51.74%, 9 seats Seats won 14 1 Seat change 13...
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