Bernard Coard

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Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.

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instanceOf Marxist
human
politician
revolutionary
afterRelease lived in exile outside Grenada
associatedWithEvent Operation Urgent Fury
surface form: United States invasion of Grenada in 1983
causeOfDownfall power struggle with Maurice Bishop
chargedWith murder related to the killing of Maurice Bishop and others in 1983
convictedOf murder related to the 1983 executions at Fort Rupert
countryOfCitizenship Grenada
dateOfBirth 1944
dateOfRelease 2009
educatedAt Brandeis University
University of Sussex
University of the West Indies
era Cold War
faction hardline Marxist faction of the New Jewel Movement
gender male
governmentOverthrown government of Eric Gairy
ideologicalInfluence Leninism
Marxism–Leninism
imprisonedIn Richmond Hill Prison, Grenada
languageSpoken English
memberOf New Jewel Movement
movement Grenadian Revolution
nationality Grenadian
notableFor role in the Grenadian Revolution
role in the collapse of the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada
notableWork How the West Indian Child Is Made Educationally Sub-normal in the British School System
occupation author
economist
politician
participantIn 1979 coup in Grenada
1983 internal power struggle in Grenada
placeOfBirth Grenada
politicalIdeology Marxism
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of Grenada
Minister of Finance of Grenada
regionOfActivity Caribbean
roleInEvent central figure in internal split that precipitated U.S. invasion of Grenada
sentence death sentence later commuted to prison term
servedInGovernmentOf People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
surface form: People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada
spouse Phyllis Coard

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