Herbert Blaize
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The Right Honourable Herbert Augustus Blaize |
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| Prime Minister of Grenada | |
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In office 4 December 1984 – 19 December 1989 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Paul Scoon |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Brathwaite |
| Succeeded by | Ben Jones |
| Member of Parliament for Carriacou and Petite Martinique |
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In office 1957 – 19 December 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Hon. Frederick B Paterson |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Nicholas Brathwaite |
| Premier of Grenada | |
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In office 3 March 1967 – 25 August 1967 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Premier established |
| Succeeded by | Eric Matthew Gairy |
| Chief Minister of Grenada | |
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In office September 1962 – March 1967 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Eric Matthew Gairy |
| Succeeded by | Chief Minister abolished |
| Chief Minister of Grenada | |
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In office January 1960 – March 1961 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Eric Matthew Gairy |
| Succeeded by | George E. D. Clyne |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 February 1918 Beausejour, Carriacou, Grenada |
| Died | 19 December 1989 (aged 71) St George's, Grenada |
| Nationality | Carriacouan |
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Grenada National Party New National Party National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Dame Venetia Blaize |
| Children | Norma Blaize Carol Jerome Marion Fleary Samuel Blaize Marvin Blaize Christopher Blaize. |
Herbert Augustus Blaize PC (26 February 1918 – 19 December 1989) was a Grenadian politician and leader of the Grenada National Party. When Grenada was still a British Crown Colony he served as the first Chief Minister from 1960 to 1961, and again from 1962 to 1967. He became the first Premier of the autonomous Associated State of Grenada briefly in 1967. In the first free elections following the 1983 coups and the American-led invasion of Grenada, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 until his death in 1989.
Blaize was born in the island of Carriacou, which along with the island of Petite Martinique is a part of Grenada.
In 1953 he formed the Grenada 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 entered the legislature in 1957 and became Minister of Trade and Production.
He was appointed as Chief Minister in 1960, lost power to Gairy in 1961, and was reappointed in 1962 after Gairy was dismissed. In 1967 Grenada became an associated state within the British Empire, gaining more internal self-government. Soon afterwards, Blaize lost power and Gairy began a long tenure as Prime Minister.
In 1976 Blaize's center-right National Party joined forces with the left-wing New Jewel Movement led by Maurice Bishop for the elections that year, which Gairy and the GULP won. The alliance between Blaize and Bishop ended by 1979 when Bishop seized power. Blaize retired from politics and moved back to Carriacou, until after the intervention by the United States in 1983.
During the election campaign of 1984, Blaize merged his parties with several other center-right parties to form the New National Party, which took 14 of 15 seats in the election. He was sworn in on 4 December 1984 and his Cabinet was announced 11 days later.
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