Maurice Bishop

Maurice Rupert Bishop (May 29, 1944 - October 19, 1983) was a Grenadian polician. His New Jewel Movement otherthrew the Eric Gairy regime in 1979 and he became Prime Minister of Grenada. His government put into effect many Leninist policies and sought closer relationships with Fidel Castro's Cuba, the Soviet Union and other Communist bloc countries. Following a US-led invasion, Operation Urgent Fury, in 1983, Bishop was executed at Fort Rupert, St. George's with a number of his supporters after a military coup d'état, lead by Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard, against his government. He had planned to build a large international airport on Grenada with Cuban assistance.

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\n*The Grenada Revolution Online\n*Bishop's biography on The Grenada Revolution Online \nBishop, Maurice Bishop, Maurice