Hubert Hughes

{{Short description|Anguillian politician (1933–2021)}}

{{for|the Welsh Anglican priest|Hubert Hughes (priest)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Hubert Hughes

|image = Hubert Hughes 2010.jpg

|office = Chief Minister of Anguilla

|monarch = Elizabeth II

|governor = William Alistair Harrison
Christina Scott

|term_start = 16 February 2010

|term_end = 23 April 2015

|predecessor = Osbourne Fleming

|successor = Victor Banks

|monarch2 = Elizabeth II

|governor2 = Alan William Shave
Alan Hoole
Robert Harris
Roger Cousins (Acting)
Peter Johnstone

|term_start2 = 16 March 1994

|term_end2 = 6 March 2000

|predecessor2 = Emile Gumbs

|successor2 = Osbourne Fleming

|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|10|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Island Harbour, Anguilla, Anguilla

|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|05|07|1933|10|15|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Anguilla mourns death of former Chief Minister Hubert Hughes |url=https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/anguilla-mourns-death-of-former-chief-minister-hubert-hughes |publisher=The Daily Herald - |access-date=13 May 2021|date=10 May 2021}}

|death_place =

|party = Anguilla United Movement

}}

Hubert Benjamin Hughes (15 October 1933 – 7 May 2021) was an Anguillan politician. He was the island territory's Chief Minister from 16 March 1994 to 6 March 2000, and again between February 2010 and April 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexh3.html|title = Index Ho-Hy}}

Hughes was the only independent elected to parliament in the 1976 Anguillian general election, while the other seats were won by the People's Progressive Party (PPP). He later supported a motion of no confidence against Ronald Webster, which succeeded as he was joined by several members of the PPP.{{cite book |last1=Barrow-Giles |first1=Cynthia |last2=Joseph |first2=Tennyson S. D. |title=General elections and voting in the English-speaking Caribbean, 1992-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Ian Randle |location=Kingston, Jamaica; Miami |isbn=9766372675 |page=55 |url=https://jm.vlex.com/vid/electoral-outcomes-and-party-914981214 |chapter=3. Electoral Outcomes and Party Fortunes, 1992-2005}}

He had stated his intention to lead the island to separation from the United Kingdom. This is despite the fact that European Union assistance funds, and visa-free entry to the US, Canada, EU and islands in the French and Dutch Caribbean such as Saint Martin would stop.[http://cananewsonline.com/news/66426-cutting-ties-chief-minister-wants-independence-from-britain.html CUTTING TIES: Chief Minister wants independence from Britain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230213/http://cananewsonline.com/news/66426-cutting-ties-chief-minister-wants-independence-from-britain.html |date=2014-05-23 }} Cana News, 8 January 2011