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Decades:

Incumbents

Monarch: Elizabeth II (until September 8); then Charles III
Governor-General: Dame Cécile La Grenade
Prime Minister: Keith Mitchell (until 24 June); Dickon Mitchell onwards

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Grenada

January 1 – 2022 New Year Honours
June 23 – 2022 Grenadian general election: Citizens of Grenada vote in a general election.^[1]
June 24 – The oppositional National Democratic Congress wins the majority of seats in Grenada's latest general election. NDC's party leader Dickon Mitchell becomes Grenada's next Prime Minister.^[2]
September 8 – Accession of Charles III as King of Grenada following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.^[3]
September 12 – Charles III is officially proclaimed King of Grenada by the Governor-General at Government House in St. George's.^[4]
September 19 – The Governor-General attends the Queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom.^[5]
September 25 – A special commemorative service takes place at the St. George's Anglican Church to mark the passing of Elizabeth II, Queen of Grenada.^[6]

Deaths

January 1 – Mighty Bomber, 93, calypsonian^[7]
September 8 – Elizabeth II, 96, Queen of Grenada^[8]
September 24 – Hudson Austin, 84, military officer, chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council (1983)^[9]

References

^ "Grenada votes in its 2022 general election today | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
^ "Grenada's Dickon Mitchell leads opposition NDC to election victory | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
^ Charles is now King after Queen Elizabeth's death
^ "September 12th, 2022 | Prime Minister and team sign book of condolence at GG's residence". Youtube. Government Information Service of Grenada (GIS). 12 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ Straker, Linda (12 September 2022). "Governor General to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral". Newhubsuk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Special commemoration service for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
^ Connelly, Corey (2022-01-02). "Veteran calypsonian Mighty Bomber dies at 93". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
^ "Statement on the Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of State of Grenada" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office (Grenada). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ Salmon, Santana (2022-09-24). "Hudson Austin the Former leader of Grenada's People's Revolutionary Army Forces is dead". CNW Network. Retrieved 2022-09-25.

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2022 in the Caribbean

British West Indies
Danish West Indies
Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
French West Indies
West Indies Federation

West Indies

Antilles

Greater Antilles

Cayman Islands
Cuba
Jamaica
Navassa Island
Puerto Rico

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser Antilles

Leeward Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern Caribbean

Leeward Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward Islands

Dominica
Grenada
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean continental zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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