Maurice Bishop
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Maurice Bishop (May 29, 1944-October 19, 1983) was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the New Jewel Movement in Grenada and the country's Prime Minister from 1979-1983. He was also the Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Grenada. He was executed at Fort Rupert in Grenada.[1]
Grenada invitation
In 1980, Edward Buzz Palmer and Alice Palmer were invited by the Maurice Bishop-led government of the Caribbean island of Grenada to attend celebrations marking the first anniversary of the country's Marxist-Leninist "revolution".