Ronald Webster
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Ronald Webster is a politician from Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...

. He served as the island territory's Chief Minister
Chief Minister of Anguilla
-List of Chief Ministers of Anguilla:...

 from 10 February 1976 to 1 February 1977 and again from May 1980 to 12 March 1984.

Prior to serving as Chief Minister, Webster was designated Chairman of the Anguilla Island Council when the territory declared its independence
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...

 from the St. Kitts and Nevis government in 1967, through the Anguillan Revolution, in which he led. Anguillans forced the St. Kitts officials and police off of the island, due to alleged mistreatment of the public and governmental misuse of funds
Graft (politics)
In general graft is an unscrupulous use of one’s authority for personal gain. However, the gain may also end up in party coffers...

, but the British military restored UK
United Kingdom
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