Maurice Bishop
Politician
1944 – 1983
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Who was Maurice Bishop?
Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian politician and revolutionary who seized power in a coup in 1979 from Eric Gairy and served as Prime Minister of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada until 1983, when he was overthrown in another coup by Bernard Coard, a member of his own government, and executed.
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- Born
- May 29, 1944
Aruba - Religion
- Catholicism
- Profession
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of London
- Died
- Oct 19, 1983
Grenada
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on July 23, 2013
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