The Honourable Rufus Washington Ewing
3rd Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
In office 13 November 2012 – 20 December 2016
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Ric Todd Anya Williams (Acting) Peter Beckingham Anya Williams (Acting) John Freeman
Deputy	Akierra Missick
Preceded by	Galmo Williams
Succeeded by	Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson
Member of the House of Assembly for All Island District
In office 12 November 2012 – 20 December 2016 Serving with Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson Derek Hugh Taylor Washington Misick Josephine Connolly
Leader of the Progressive National Party
In office 15 October 2012 – 20 December 2016
Preceded by	Clayton Greene
Succeeded by	Washington Misick
Personal details
Born	1968 (age 55–56)[citation needed] Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Political party	Progressive National Party
Spouse	Dawn A. Perry
Alma mater	University of the West Indies (B.M.B.S., M.D.) Johns Hopkins University (M.P.H.)

Rufus Washington Ewing (born 1968^{[citation needed]}) is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician and medical doctor who served as the 3rd Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 13 November 2012 to 20 December 2016. He was elected Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the 2012 general election.^[1] He was the islands' first premier since the government of the United Kingdom suspended the office in 2009, temporarily imposing direct rule under the office of the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, due to corruption allegations against the government of Michael Misick.^[2]

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