Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
Carlyle Glean | |
Honorific-Suffix: | GCMG |
Office: | 5th Governor-General of Grenada |
Primeminister: | Tillman Thomas Keith Mitchell |
Term Start: | 27 November 2008 |
Term End: | 7 May 2013 |
Predecessor: | Sir Daniel Williams |
Successor: | Dame Cécile La Grenade |
Office2: | Minister of Education |
Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
Primeminister2: | Sir Nicholas Brathwaite |
Term Start2: | 1990 |
Term End2: | 1995 |
Birthname: | Carlyle Arnold Glean |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1932 |
Birth Place: | Gouyave, Grenada, British Windward Islands (now Grenada) |
Death Place: | Grenada |
Spouse: | Norma (nee DeCoteau) |
Sir Carlyle Arnold Glean, (11 February 1932 – 21 December 2021) was a Grenadian politician, who served as Governor-General of Grenada from 2008 to 2013.
Glean was born in Gouyave, Grenada, British Windward Islands, on 11 February 1932.[1] He was educated at the University of Calgary (BEd) and the University of East Anglia (MA, 1982).
Glean served as Minister of Education in the government of Sir Nicholas Brathwaite from 1990 to 1995, after which he retired from politics.
In 2008, he was appointed Governor-General of Grenada by Elizabeth II, Queen of Grenada. He served in this position until 2013 when he was succeeded by Dame Cécile La Grenade.
Glean died on 21 December 2021, at the age of 89.[2] He received tributes from current Governor-General La Grenade,[3] Prime Minister Keith Mitchell,[4] and the National Democratic Congress.[5]