Mitchell was born in Saint David, Grenada. He received an LLB (Hons) from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, and completed his Legal Education Certificate at Hugh Wooding Law School in 2002.

After graduation, he began as an Associate Attorney-at-Law at the firm Grant, Joseph & Co. He founded his own firm Mitchell & Co. in 2017.

Political career

Mitchell was elected leader of the National Democratic Congress party on 31 October 2021.

Prime Minister of Grenada

National Democratic Congress won the 2022 general election with slightly over 51% of the popular vote and winning nine out of the fifteen available seats. Mitchell reacted to the election victory by announcing that he would ask the governor-general , Dame Cécile La Grenade, to declare 24 June a national public or bank holiday so that "citizens can celebrate the liberation day and the victory that they have created for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique".On 24 June, Mitchell was sworn in as the ninth prime minister of Grenada, succeeding Keith Mitchell. He pledged to end nepotism in the Grenadian society and reform the electoral system. He took the additional portfolio of Minister of Finance of Grenada and created a new Ministry called the Ministry of Mobilization, Implementation and Transformation. During his speech at the swearing in of Ministers ceremony, he promised to pay teachers their withheld salaries.

Former PM Keith Mitchell, 75, who sought a sixth term and a third consecutive electoral victory, congratulated the new PM Dickon Mitchell and promised to play a constructive role as opposition leader.

In the 2013 and 2018 general elections, Keith Mitchell’s NNP swept the polls, winning all 15 seats in the lower house of the parliament. The elections were due by June next year. However, in May, Keith Mitchell called for snap elections. On May 16, he requested the Governor General to dissolve the parliament and set June 23 as the date for general elections.

The new PM, Dickon Mitchell, has pledged to improve health care, decrease unemployment and poverty, build affordable housing and boost education.

Grenada joined the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) in December 2014 under Former PM Keith Mitchell’s administration. The country benefited from the regional integration mechanism in the fields of education and health. The ALBA-TCP member countries hope to strengthen regional cooperation with the new government.

International greetings
Several heads of state and government congratulated Mitchell on his election.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, in a tweet, congratulated Dickon Mitchell and ratified the country’s “will to continue advancing in the development of friendly relations and cooperation between Grenada and Cuba, for the benefit of the people of both nations.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro also sent his regards. “We send sincere congratulations and the commitment to continue consolidating ties of brotherhood with the peoples of the Caribbean,” he tweeted.

Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip Pierre also congratulated his Grenadian counterpart. “On behalf of the government and the people of Saint Lucia, I wish to extend congratulations to PM-Elect Dickon Mitchell and the NDC on their electoral victory. You have an opportunity to shape your country’s future in conformity with the collective aspirations of the people,” he wrote in a tweet.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, also sent his best wishes and expressed that “I look forward to working with the new government in advancing the regional agenda.”

Similarly, Dominica’s PM Roosevelt Skerrit, Barbados’ PM Mia Mottley, and the secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Carla Barnett, among other leaders, also sent their greetings.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/26/grenada-elects-dickon-mitchell-as-new-prime-minister/