Maurice Bishop Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Maurice Bishop, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Grenada.

5 records1979–19833 events1 places

Chronological biography

1979

Constitution of Grenada1979

Government / Government of Grenada · Prime Minister of Grenada

Suspends the Constitution

Coup1979

Revolution / Revolution of Grenada · Prime Minister of Grenada

Comes to power by means of a Marxist coup

1983

CoupMay 1983

Government / Government of Grenada · Prime Minister of Grenada · Washington

Visits the USA where his view of free entrprise leads to a coup by his colleagues

Visit to WashingtonMay 1983

Government / Government of Grenada · Prime Minister of Grenada · Washington

Visits the USA where his view of free entrprise leads to a coup by his colleagues

Coup19 October 1983

Revolution / Revolution of Grenada · Prime Minister of Grenada

Overthrown by a military pro-Soviet coup, Bishop is shot dead

Titles and roles

Prime Minister of Grenada

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.