Grenada Island of Conflict / George Brizan
internet, http://www.gov.gd/biographies/george_brizan_bio.html, 2012-04-02
Information trouvée : George Ignatius Brizan, was born October 31, 1942 in the parish of St. David. From
1963 to 1984 Mr. Brizan was employed by the Government of Grenada in the education
field, during which period he taught at the Grenada Boys Secondary School and was
a lecturer for the Institute for Further Education (IFE) -now the T. A. Marryshow
Community College. He also served as Acting Principal of (IFE) and as Chief Education
Officer in the Ministry of Education. In 1984 Mr. Brizan entered politics and for
three consecutive terms was elected to the Grenada House of Representatives, first
with the New National Party and then with the National Democratic Congress. In 1987
George Brizan formed and led the National Democratic Party. eorge Brizan was elected
head of the National Democratic Congress in September 1994 following the resignation
of Nicholas Braithwaite as party leader. He then became Grenada’s sixth Prime Minister
on February 1, 1995. A prolific author, his publications include “Grenada Island of
Conflict”, “The Nutmeg Industry- Grenada’s Black Gold”, and “The Education Reform
Process”. Brizan died at the General Hospital in St. George's, Grenada, on February
18, 2012, aged 69