About Liam James
Born 1955. Liam James is a politician.
Lieutenant-Colonel Liam James 'Owusu' is Grenadian politician from New Jewel Movement. He was once considered third most powerful figure in the Grenada Revolution after Maurice Bishop and Bernard Coard. He was born into a farming family in Grenada. He studied in a Catholic college. He was an early member in the New Jewel Movement (NJM). He worked as a trade unionist between 1974 and 1979. He was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister by Bernard Coard when Maurice Bishop was toppled in October 1983. He was sentenced to hang, but the sentence was later commuted. James was released from prison in September 2009.
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Liam James was born in 1955 in Grenada.
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