Emile Gumbs Explained

Emile Gumbs
Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Honorific-Suffix:MHA
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Party:Anguilla National Alliance
2Namedata1:Alastair Turner Baillie
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker
Brian George John Canty
Alan William Shave
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Office1:Chief Minister of Anguilla
Successor1:Hubert Hughes
Birth Name:Emile Rudolph Gumbs
Birth Date:18 March 1928
Birth Place:Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Term Start1:12 March 1984
Term End1:16 March 1994
Term Start2:1 February 1977
Term End2:1 May 1980

Sir Emile Gumbs (18 March 1928 – 10 May 2018)[1] [2] was a politician from Anguilla. He served as the island territory's Chief Minister from 1 February 1977 to May 1980 and again from 12 March 1984 to 16 March 1994.[3]

He was the only person from Anguilla to have been knighted, having been made a Knight Bachelor in the 1994 New Year Honours. Emile Gumbs died on 10 May 2018 at the age of 90.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement by Anguilla's CM, Hon. Victor Banks on the Passing of CM Sir Emile Gumbs | A_A News. 11 May 2018 .
  2. Web site: Index Gr-Gy. rulers.org. 12 September 2017.
  3. Book: Europa World Year Book 2 . Taylor & Francis. 2004. 4432. 978-1-85743-255-8.