monarch death_date children nationality birth_date term_end death_place governor_general order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
elizabeth ii elizabeth ii elizabeth ii 23 august 1997 jennifer and marcelle grenadian 18 february 1922 9 march 1979 6 february 1974 19 june 1962 grand anse , grenada leo de gale paul scoon prime minister of grenada 7 february 1974 25 august 1967 august 1961 cynthina gairy -lrb- 1949-1997 -rrb- eric gairy.jpg sir eric mathew gairy '' e. d. clyne prime minister established '' herbert a. blaize george dunfermline , grenada grenada united labour party premier of grenada chief minister of grenada maurice bishop '' premier abolished '' herbert a. blaize roman catholic eric gairy

eric gairy

sir eric matthew gairy pc -lrb- 18 february 192223 august 1997 -rrb- was the first prime minister of grenada , serving from his country 's independence in 1974 until his overthrow in a coup by maurice bishop in 1979 .
gairy also served as head of government in pre-independence grenada as chief minister from 1961 to 1962 , and as premier from 1967 to 1974 .
