Emile Gumbs

Sir Emile Gumbs
Chief Minister of Anguilla
In office
12 March 1984  16 March 1994
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorAlastair Turner Baillie
Geoffrey Owen Whittaker
Brian George John Canty
Alan William Shave
Succeeded byHubert Hughes
In office
1 February 1977  1 May 1980
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byRonald Webster
Personal details
Born
Emile Rudolph Gumbs

(1928-03-18)18 March 1928
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Died10 May 2018(2018-05-10) (aged 90)
Anguilla
Political partyAnguilla National Alliance

Sir Emile Gumbs (18 March 1928 – 10 May 2018) 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.

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.