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{{short description|Grenadian politician}} {{More footnotes|date=October 2009}} {{Infobox Prime Minister | image = Herbert Blaize 1986 (profile).jpg | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = Herbert Augustus Blaize | caption = Blaize in 1986 | order = [[Prime Minister of Grenada]] | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] | governor_general = [[Paul Scoon]] | deputy = [[Ben Jones (Grenada)|Ben Jones]] | term_start = 4 December 1984 | term_end = 19 December 1989 | predecessor = [[Nicholas Brathwaite]] | successor = [[Ben Jones (Grenada)|Ben Jones]] | constituency_MP2 = [[Member of Parliament of Carriacou and Petite Martinique|Carriacou and Petite Martinique]] | parliament2 = | majority2 = | predecessor2 = [[Hon. Frederick B Paterson]] | successor2 = [[Hon. Nicholas Brathwaite]] | term_start2 = 1957 | term_end2 = 19 December 1989 | office3 = [[Premier of Grenada]] | term_start3 = 3 March 1967 | term_end3 = 25 August 1967 | monarch3 = [[Elizabeth II]] | predecessor3 = ''Himself as Chief Minister'' | successor3 = [[Eric Matthew Gairy]] | office4 = [[Chief Minister of Grenada]] | term_start4 = September 1962 | term_end4 = March 1967 | monarch4 = [[Elizabeth II]] | predecessor4 = [[Eric Matthew Gairy]] | successor4 = ''Himself as Premier'' | office5 = [[Chief Minister of Grenada]] | term_start5 = January 1960 | term_end5 = March 1961 | monarch5 = [[Elizabeth II]] | predecessor5 = ''Chief Minister established'' | successor5 = [[George E. D. Clyne]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|2|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Beausejour, Carriacou|Beausejour]], [[Carriacou]], [[Grenada]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|12|19|1918|2|26|df=y}} | death_place = [[St George's, Grenada]] | alma_mater = | spouse = Dame Venetia Blaize | children = 6 | nationality = Carriacouan | party = [[Grenada National Party]]<br/>[[New National Party (Grenada)|New National Party]]<br>[[National Party (Grenada)|National Party]] }} '''Herbert Augustus Blaize''' [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (26 February 1918 – 19 December 1989) was a [[Grenada|Grenadian]] politician and leader of the [[Grenada National Party]]. When Grenada was still a British Crown Colony he served as the first [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Chief Minister]] from 1960 to 1961, and again from 1962 to 1967. He became the first Premier of the autonomous Associated State of Grenada briefly in 1967. In the first elections following the 1983 coups and the [[United States|American]]-led [[invasion of Grenada]], he served as Prime Minister from 1984 until his death in 1989. ==Early years== Blaize was born in the island of [[Carriacou]], which along with the island of [[Petite Martinique]] is a part of Grenada. He moved to [[Aruba]] where he worked many years in the oil refinery of the [[Lago Oil and Transport Company]].<ref>[https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBDDD02:000213952:mpeg21:a0069 Oud-ingezetenen Aruba succesvol in politiek], Amigoe, September 15, 1962</ref> ==Grenada National Party== In 1953 he formed the Grenada National Party as a rival party to the [[Grenada United Labour Party]] of [[Eric Gairy]], who would be Blaize's main political rival for the next 25 years. Blaize entered the legislature in 1957 and became Minister of Trade and Production. ==Chief Minister and Premier== He was appointed as Chief Minister in 1960 and held the additional portfolio of [[Minister of Finance of Grenada|finance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/blaizeha.html|title=Herbert Blaize Biography blaizeha.html|website=www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com}}</ref> He lost power to Gairy in 1961, and was reappointed in 1962 after Gairy was dismissed. In 1967 Grenada became an associated state within the British Empire, gaining more internal self-government. He was the [[Leader of the Opposition (Grenada)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[House of Representatives of Grenada]] from 1974 to 1976.<ref name="parlamhist">{{cite web |title=Opposition Leaders - Grenada Parliament |url=https://grenadaparliament.gd/pdfviewer/opposition-leaders/ |website=grenadaparliament.gd}}</ref> ==In Opposition== In 1976 Blaize's center-right National Party joined forces with the left-wing [[New Jewel Movement]] led by [[Maurice Bishop]] for the elections that year, which Gairy and the GULP won. The alliance between Blaize and Bishop ended by 1979 when Bishop seized power. Blaize retired from politics and moved back to Carriacou, until after the intervention by the United States in 1983. ==Prime minister== During the election campaign of 1984, Blaize merged his parties with several other center-right parties to form the [[New National Party (Grenada)|New National Party]], which took 14 of 15 seats in the election. In addition to being Prime Minister, Blaize became Minister of Home Affairs, Security, Information, [[Minister of Finance of Grenada|Finance]], Trade, Planning, Industrial Development and [[Carriacou]] and [[Petite Martinique]] Affairs.<ref>"January 1985 β General election and resumption of Parliament β Formation of Blaize government β Foreign relations Opening of airport β Start of murder trial", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 31, January 1985, Grenada, page 33,327.</ref> Blaize's government advocated a strong economic and military alliance for Grenada with the United States, and other overseas investment. ==Death== He died in December 1989 near [[St. George's, Grenada]], following a several-years-long battle with [[prostate cancer]], aged 71. Two days before his death, Blaize had been elected the first party leader of the newly formed [[National Party (Grenada)|National Party]]. ==Family== Herbert Blaize was survived by his wife, '''Dame Venetia Blaize, [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]''' (nΓ©e Venetia Ursula Davidson); three daughters, Norma Blaize (a former Consul-General of Grenada in New York), Carol Jerome and Marion Fleary; three sons, Samuel Blaize, Marvin Blaize and Christopher Blaize. He was also survived by a sister, Muriel Noel.<ref> [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/obituaries/herbert-blaize-71-grenada-chief-who-won-vote-after-the-invasion.html ''New York Times'' obituary for Herbert Blaize]</ref><ref> [https://books.google.com/books?id=XXun934ThxwC&dq=Venetia+Blaize+Grenada&pg=PA79 ''Ebony'' magazine article on Blaize family]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{S-start}} {{S-off}} {{Succession box |title=[[Prime Minister of Grenada|Chief Minister of Grenada]] |before=New Office |after=[[George E. D. Clyne]] |years= January 1960 β March 1961}} {{Succession box |title=[[Minister of Finance of Grenada]] |before=- |after=[[George E. D. Clyne]] |years= 1961}} {{Succession box |title=[[Prime Minister of Grenada|Chief Minister of Grenada]] |before=[[Eric Gairy]] |after= Post Abolished |years= September 1962 β 3 March 1967}} {{Succession box |title=[[Minister of Finance of Grenada]] |before=[[Eric Gairy]] |after= [[George Hosten]] |years= September 1962 β August 1967}} {{succession box |title=[[Prime Minister of Grenada|Premier of Grenada]] |before=New Office |after=[[Eric Gairy]] |years= 3 March β 25 August 1967}} {{succession box |title=[[Prime Minister of Grenada]] |before=[[Nicholas Brathwaite]] |after=[[Ben Jones (Grenada)|Ben Jones]] |years= 4 December 1984 β 19 December 1989}} {{Succession box |title=[[Minister of Finance of Grenada]] |before=[[Allen Kirton]] |after= [[Ben Jones (Grenada)|Ben Jones]] |years= 1984 β 1989}} {{S-end}} ==Sources== * ''LA GRENADE : mort du premier ministre.'', Le Monde. Jeudi 21 dΓ©cembre 1989, p. 3; accessed October 7, 2006. {{GrenadaPMs}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blaize, Herbert}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:Prime ministers of Grenada]] [[Category:Finance ministers of Grenada]] [[Category:Industry ministers of Grenada]] [[Category:Information ministers of Grenada]] [[Category:Interior ministers of Grenada]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Grenada]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:New National Party (Grenada) politicians]] [[Category:Carriacouan politicians]] [[Category:Grenada National Party politicians]] [[Category:The National Party politicians]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer in Grenada]] [[Category:20th-century Grenadian politicians]]
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