Sir Daniel Charles Williams | |
Honorific-Suffix: | COG |
Order: | 4th |
Office: | Governor-General of Grenada |
Primeminister: | Keith Mitchell Tillman Thomas |
Term Start: | 8 August 1996 |
Term End: | 27 November 2008 |
Predecessor: | Reginald Palmer |
Successor: | Carlyle Glean |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1935 |
Alma Mater: | University of London |
Birth Place: | Saint David Parish, British Windward Islands |
Sir Daniel Charles Williams COG (born 4 November 1935) is a Grenadian lawyer who served as Governor-General of Grenada from 8 August 1996 until 27 November 2008.[1] He was formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 August 1996 after having been nominated by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.
Williams is the only former Grenadian governor-general who was active in politics prior to his appointment. He was elected to the Parliament of Grenada as a New National Party candidate in 1984. From 1984 to 1989 Williams served in various ministerial roles in the Herbert Blaize government, including a brief stint as acting prime minister in 1988. Williams resumed his private law practice after the NNP was defeated at the 1990 elections.[2]
In 1997, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, with the Order of Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG).
He founded the law firm Danny Williams & Co.[3]