Rufus Ewing

The Honourable
Rufus Washington Ewing
3rd Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
In office
13 November 2012 – 20 December 2016
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRic Todd
Anya Williams (Acting)
Peter Beckingham
Anya Williams (Acting)
John Freeman
DeputyAkierra Missick
Preceded byGalmo Williams
Succeeded bySharlene Cartwright-Robinson
Member of the House of Assembly for
All Island District
In office
12 November 2012 – 20 December 2016
Leader of the Progressive National Party
In office
15 October 2012 – 20 December 2016
Preceded byClayton Greene
Succeeded byWashington Misick
Personal details
Political partyProgressive National Party
EducationUniversity of the West Indies (B.M.B.S., M.D.)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Rufus Washington Ewing is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who served as the 3rd Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands and president of the Progressive National Party (PNP) from 2012 to 2016. Prior to his tenure as premier he worked in the Ministry of Health. He resigned as president of the PNP and lost the premiership after the PNP lost the 2016 election.

Early life

Rufus Washington Ewing graduated from the University of the West Indies with a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery and a Doctor of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a Master of Public Health. He studied in the Bahamas, United States, and Canada.[1]

Career

In the Ministry of Health Ewing worked as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Director of Health Services. On 12 November 2012, he was elected president of the TCI Civil Service Association.[1]

In 2012, Ewing was elected president of the Progressive National Party (PNP). The PNP won the 2012 election and Ewing became the 3rd Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands on 12 November. He was Minister of Tourism in his own cabinet.[1] The PNP lost the 2016 election, with Ewing losing his own seat. Ewing resigned as president of the PNP on 16 December.[2]

Turks and Caicos received its first soverign credit rating in 2014; it was a BBB+ from S&P Global Ratings.[3]

Political positions

Ewing avoided discussing the idea of Canada annexing the Turks and Caicos Islands.[4] He sought better socioeconomic relations with Canada and stated that he was "not closing the door completely" on the idea of the two entities merging.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hon. Dr. Rufus Washington Ewing.
  2. ^ Defralien 2017.
  3. ^ Turks and Caicos secures first sovereign credit rating 2014.
  4. ^ O'Malley 2014.
  5. ^ MacKinnon 2014.

Works cited

News

  • Defralien, Todeline (16 January 2017). "Defeated Dr. Rufus Ewing resigns as PNP leader; quits politics". The Sun Turks and Caicos. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025.
  • MacKinnon, Leslie (27 May 2014). "Stow that dream of retiring in the Turks and Caicos (for now)". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025.
  • O'Malley, Kady (26 May 2014). "Turks and Caicos visit leads to talk of annexation ... again". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025.

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