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Eric M. Gairy

🇬🇩GrenadaPolitician

Type

Politician

Nation

🇬🇩 Grenada

Eric M. Gairy, who was born in 1922 and died in 1997, served as Prime Minister of Grenada and became the first to hold that office upon the nation's independence in 1974. As leader of the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP), his political career encompassed significant roles leading to Grenada's independence; he was elected to the Legislative Council in 1951, winning seven of eight seats, and subsequently served as Chief Minister and Premier before assuming the prime ministership, advocating for and achieving Grenada's independence on February 7, 1974.

In 1978, Gairy proposed to the United Nations General Assembly the establishment of a United Nations department for UFO research. Despite United States opposition, a draft resolution was adopted, though the initiative collapsed when Gairy was ousted in a 1979 communist coup.

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Timeline

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1977

Dec 1977Associated with

President Carter Requests NASA UFO Investigation — NASA Refuses

1978

Dec 1978Initiator

UN Resolution A/33/426: Only UFO Presentation Before the General Assembly

References

🔗thenewtodaygrenada.com 🔗Prime Minister of Grenada’s Push for UFO Disclosure at the UN in 1970s | Ancient Origins 🔗Proposal to Appoint Expert Group to Study Nature and Origin of UFO's | UN Photo 🔗GRENADA: The Fall of a Warlock | TIME 🔗Behold the Sky: Full of Such Mischief, British U.F.O. Files Say — History News Network