SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Maurice Bishop

1943 - 1983

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Maurice Rupert Bishop (29 May 1944 – 19 October 1983) was a Grenadian revolutionary and the leader of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) – a Marxist–Leninist party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and black liberation. The NJM came to power during the 13 March 1979 revolution which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (PRG) from 1979 to 1983. In October 1983, he was deposed as Prime Minister and executed during a coup engineered internally by Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard with decisive support from the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Bishop is the 319th most popular social activist (down from 293rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Aruba and the most popular Aruban Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Maurice Bishop ranks 319 out of 840. Before him are Mohamed Bouazizi, Yagan, Ashin Wirathu, Millicent Fawcett, Maria Altmann, and Susannah Mushatt Jones. After him are Greta Thunberg, Jesse Jackson, Lucretia Mott, Cho Man-sik, Felix Manz, and Fra Diavolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Maurice Bishop ranks 252. Before him are Don Simpson, Michael Ondaatje, Mustafa Nadarević, Newt Gingrich, Wilson da Silva Piazza, and Osamu Dezaki. After him are Takaji Mori, Mie Hama, Ilaiyaraaja, Jef Raskin, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, and Sly Stone. Among people deceased in 1983, Maurice Bishop ranks 107. Before him are Shūji Terayama, John Williams, Vladimir Bakarić, Romain Maes, Lamberto Maggiorani, and Ada Blackjack. After him are Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Thomas S. Gates Jr., Louise Weiss, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Christophe Soglo, and Paul de Man.

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In Aruba

Among people born in Aruba, Maurice Bishop ranks 2 out of 8. Before him are Bobby Farrell (1949). After him are Dave Benton (1951), Nelson Oduber (1947), Frits Goedgedrag (1951), Mike Eman (1961), Fredis Refunjol (1950), Xander Bogaerts (1992), and Mikel Schreuders (1998).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Aruba

Among social activists born in Aruba, Maurice Bishop ranks 1. 

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