Winston Bernard Coard was Grenadian

Grenada

Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

 Deputy Prime Minister in the People's Revolutionary Government of the New Jewel Movement

New Jewel Movement

The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement, was a Marxist-Leninist vanguard party in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada...

, who placed Maurice Bishop

Maurice Bishop

Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian politician and revolutionary who seized power in a coup in 1979 from Eric Gairy and served as Prime Minister of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada until 1983, when he was overthrown in another coup by Bernard Coard, a member of his own...

 under house arrest and took control of the government on 14 October 1983.

He was deposed by General Hudson Austin

Hudson Austin

Hudson Austin is a former general in thePeople's Revolutionary Army of Grenada. After the killing of Maurice Bishop, he formed a military government with himself as chairman to rule Grenada.-History:...

 after only 5 days in power, who formed a military government following the execution of Bishop on 19 October 1983.
Coard was born in Victoria

Victoria, Grenada

Victoria is a town in Saint Mark Parish, Grenada. It is located on the island's northwest coast between Gouyave and Nonpareil.- Geography :Along the west coast of the island nation of Grenada lies the small fishing village of Victoria...

, Grenada.