Bernard Coard

Winston Bernard Coard, a politician from Grenada, was the deputy prime minister of the People's Revolutionary Government of the New Jewel Movement (born 10 August 1945). He is one of the most important historical figures in Grenada. Within the revolutionary government, Coard staged a coup and held onto power for three days before being overthrown by General Hudson Austin.

Coard became interested in politics as a young man, and in 1962 he teamed up with Bishop to found the Grenada Assembly of Youth After Truth. Bishop and Cord moderated discussions on current issues twice a month at Grenada's Central Market Square.

Coard spent two years as a teacher in London. How the West Indian Child is Made Educationally Subnormal in the British School System was the title of the book he released in 1971. Coard relocated to Trinidad after receiving his degree and worked as a professor at the University of the West Indies there. Additionally, he gave a guest lecture at St. Augustine's Institute of International Relations.

Coard returned to Grenada in 1976, quickly got involved in politics, and joined the NJM, an organization started by his childhood buddy Maurice Bishop.