Dickon Amiss Thomas Mitchell is a Grenadian politician and attorney serving as the ninth

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since 24 June 2022 and the leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) since 2021. He led his party to victory in the

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Early life and law career

Mitchell was born in Petit Esperance, Saint David, Grenada. He received an LLB (Hons) from the

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, and completed his

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in 2002. After graduation, he began as an Associate Attorney-at-Law at the firm Grant, Joseph & Co. He founded his own firm Mitchell & Co. in 2017.

Political career

Mitchell was elected leader of the National Democratic Congress party on 31 October 2021.

Prime Minister of Grenada

Mitchell’s National Democratic Congress won the

with slightly over 51% of the popular vote and winning nine out of the fifteen available seats. Mitchell reacted to the election victory by announcing that he would ask the governor-general , Dame Cécile La Grenade, to declare 24 June a national public or bank holiday so that "citizens can celebrate the liberation day and the victory that they have created for Grenada,

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and

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". On 24 June, Mitchell was sworn in as the ninth

, succeeding

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. He pledged to end nepotism in the Grenadian society and reform the electoral system. He took the additional portfolio of

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and created a new Ministry called the Ministry of Mobilization, Implementation and Transformation. During his speech at the swearing in of Ministers ceremony, he promised to pay teachers their withheld salaries.

References

, - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Dickon Living people 21st-century Grenadian politicians Finance ministers of Grenada Prime Ministers of Grenada 21st-century Grenadian lawyers National Democratic Congress (Grenada) politicians People from Saint David Parish, Grenada University of the West Indies alumni Year of birth uncertain 1978 births