Dame Cécile La Grenade | |
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 La Grenade in 2022 | |
| Governor-General of Grenada | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2013 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Keith Mitchell Dickon Mitchell |
| Preceded by | Carlyle Glean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade (1952-12-30)30 December 1952 (age 73)[1] La Borie,Saint George Parish,Grenada |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies University of Maryland, College Park |
Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade,GCMG OBE DStJ (born 30 December 1952) is a Grenadianfood scientist who has served asgovernor-general of Grenada since 2013.
La Grenade was born in La Borie, located inSaint George Parish, Grenada.[2] She is the third of five daughters born to Allan A. La GrenadeMBE, acivil servant, and Sibyl Sylvester-La Grenade, aregistered nurse. Her maternal grandmother,Mary Louise "Eva" Ollivierre-Sylvester, was the first woman in theBritish Windward Islands to serve on the legislative council of her country, after being elected in 1952, less than a year after universalsuffrage. She is a paternal first cousin ofMaurice Bishop, thePrime Minister of Grenada during the 1979-83People's Revolutionary Government.[3]La Grenade is afood scientist trained in the United States. She holds abachelor's degree inchemistry from theUniversity of the West Indies,[2] as well as amaster's degree anddoctorate infood science from theUniversity of Maryland at College Park.[4][5]
She became a member of the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s Steering Committee, serving as the OECS Private Sector Representative, in 2006. In 2007 she was appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission by Governor-GeneralSir Daniel Williams, a position she held until 2010.[6]
La Grenade's appointment as governor-general of Grenada was announced during the same week as the death of Grenada's first femalegovernor, DameHilda Bynoe. Bynoe was the goddaughter of La Grenade's maternal grandfather, Dr Cyril I. St Bernard Sylvester, an educator and public servant.[7] La Grenade was made a Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of Saint Michael and Saint George byQueen Elizabeth II on 11 July 2014.[8]
As governor-general, La Grenade opened thenew Grenadian Parliament building in 2018. That same year, following the 15-0 victory of theNew National Party in theMarch general election, she independently exercised the royal prerogative by appointing members of the defeatedNational Democratic Congress to theSenate in order to provide a parliamentary opposition to the government.[9] As patron of the Willie Redhead Foundation and the Grenada National Trust, she has been an outspoken supporter of the restoration of Grenada's architectural heritage, especially the viceregal residence ofGovernment House andYork House, the former seat of Parliament.
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Upon thedeath of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, La Grenade became the first Grenadian governor-general to have served under two monarchs. She said that the Queen served with "incomparable devotion", and that "her legacy of leadership and exemplary service shall live on indelibly".[10] She also represented Grenada at the Queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom.[11] Alongside Prime MinisterDickon Mitchell she represented Grenada at theCoronation of King Charles III in 2023.[12]
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Two Sicilian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of Justice of theTwo Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[13][14][15]
United Kingdom| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Governor General of Grenada 2013–present | Incumbent |
