Winston Bernard Coard | |
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Prime Minister of Grenada | |
In office 14 October 1983 – 19 October 1983 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Paul Scoon |
Deputy | Evart Lane |
Preceded by | Maurice Bishop |
Succeeded by | Hudson Austin (as Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council) |
Personal details | |
Born | Victoria, Grenada | 10 August 1944
Political party | New Jewel Movement (until 1983) |
Spouse(s) | Phyllis Coard, (m. 1967) |
Education | Grenada Boys' Secondary School; Brandeis University; University of Sussex |
Winston Bernard Coard (born 10 August 1944) is a Grenadian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister in the People's Revolutionary Government of the New Jewel Movement. Coard launched a coup within the revolutionary government and took power for three days until he was himself deposed by General Hudson Austin.