Jacqueline Creft was a Grenadian politician, one of the leaders of the revolutionary New Jewel Movement and Minister of Education in the People's Revolutionary Government from 1980 to 1983.
17 Facts About Jacqueline Creft
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Jacqueline Creft was executed in October 1983, along with Maurice Bishop, prime minister of the country and father of her son Vladimir.
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Jacqueline Creft studied political science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and returned to Grenada at the end of 1971.
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Jacqueline Creft became involved in the revolutionary struggle early on, and was already participating in the New Jewel Movement from its beginning.
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In 1976 and 1977, Creft resided in Trinidad and Tobago, where she was the regional coordinator for youth affairs within Christian Action for Development in the Eastern Caribbean, a branch of the Caribbean Conference of Churches, until the government of Eric Williams banned her from the country.
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Jacqueline Creft returned to Grenada in 1977, but the government of Prime Minister Eric Gairy refused to give her work "as I was a new mother", Jacqueline complained.
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Jacqueline Creft then travelled to Barbados with the organization Women and Development.
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Jacqueline Creft returned to Grenada to participate in the revolution of 13 March 1979.
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In January 1980, Jacqueline Creft was appointed Minister of Education of the People's Revolutionary Government.
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Jacqueline Creft coordinated the Volunteer School Repair programs and was in charge of Cuban scholarships.
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Jacqueline Creft was dedicated to the transformation of the educational system inherited from colonialism, with the challenge of making it relevant to the population, and making education a right rather than a privilege.
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In June 1982 Jacqueline Creft created, and was placed in charge of, the Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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Jacqueline Creft left the party's leadership in November 1982, after having been active in it since its founding.
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In March 1983, Jacqueline Creft was demoted from candidate member to applicant member, though the reasons for this are not clear.
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Bishop was led to Fort Rupert by a crowd celebrating his release, and Jacqueline Creft decided to follow him.
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Some media have indicated that Jacqueline Creft was pregnant with their second son, and that's why Bishop had begged for her to be left alive.
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Jacqueline Creft was survived by her mother and father Lynn and Allan Creft and four siblings: Colleen Mahy, Michael Creft, Claudette Warner and Selwyn Creft.