Cécile La Grenade Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

As governor-general, La Grenade opened the new Grenadian Parliament building in 2018. She has, as patron of the Willie Redhead Foundation, been an outspoken supporter of the restoration of Grenada’s built heritage, especially the viceregal residence of Government House and York House; the former seat of Parliament.

She became a member of the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s Steering Committee, serving as the OECS Private Sector Representative, in 2006. In 2007 she was appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission by Governor-General Sir Daniel Williams, a position she held until 2010.

Dame Cécile Ellen Fleurette La Grenade, GCMG DStJ OBE (born 30 December 1952) is a Grenadian food scientist who has served as Governor-General of Grenada since 7 May 2013.

La Grenade was born in La Borie, located in Saint George Parish, Grenada. She is the third of five daughters born to Allan A. La Grenade MBE, a civil servant, and Sibyl Sylvester-La Grenade, a registered nurse. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Louise “Eva” Ollivierre-Sylvester, was the first woman in the British Windward Islands to serve on the legislative council of her country, after being elected in 1952, less than a year after universal suffrage.