Nicholas Brathwaite

Sir Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite OBE, PC (8 July 1925 – 28 October 2016) was a Grenadian politician who was the head of government for two periods, first as Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983 to 1984) established after the United States invasion of Grenada, and later as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1995.

Brathwaite was born in Carriacou, Grenada. He received education from Teacher's Training College in Trinidad and University of the West Indies in Jamaica. The NDC won the 1990 elections, and he served as prime minister again from March 1990 to February 1995. He also held the portfolio of finance minister. He also served as foreign minister during some of that time. He resigned shortly before the 1995 elections, which the NDC lost.

He was appointed an OBE in 1975, and was knighted in 1995. He died on 28 October 2016 at the age of 91.