George Brizan, a former prime minister who was a founder of Grenada’s ruling party, has died in his Caribbean homeland. He was 69.
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas said Brizan died Saturday at a hospital in the capital of St. George’s after a long battle with diabetes.
Brizan became prime minister in February 1995 following the resignation of Prime Minister Nicholas Braithwaite. But his National Democratic Congress party was swept out of power four months later.
The party, which was elected on a no-tax platform in 1990, had angered voters by bringing back personal income taxes and imposing tight economic measures to offset huge foreign debts, cuts in U.S. aid and reduced agriculture income.
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